#656CE6#656CE6

#656CE6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.182 H 276.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656CE6
RGB	rgb(101, 108, 230)
HSL	hsl(237, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(237, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 53%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.92, 31.93, -62.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.92, 70.61, 296.88°)
OKLab	oklab(58.95% 0.0215 -0.1803)
OKLCH	oklch(58.95% 0.182 276.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0077, 19.2033, 77.2364)
Luminance	0.1920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656CE6 #E6DF65

analogous

#65ADE6 #656CE6 #9E65E6

triadic

#656CE6 #E6656C #6CE665

tetradic

#656CE6 #E665AD #E6DF65 #65E69E

square

#656CE6 #E665AD #E6DF65 #65E69E

split-complementary

#656CE6 #E69E65 #ADE665

monochromatic

#1D25B3 #303ADD #656CE6 #9A9EEF #CED1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#656CE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#656CE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #656CE6

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656CE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##656CE6	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#217FEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A889F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656ce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 108, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.182 276.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b96ef',
    500: '#656ce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656ce6;
$custom-light: #9b96ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656ce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.744,
    "s": 72.067,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58949,
    "c": 0.18159,
    "h": 276.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656CE6

secondary

#E9E7BD

accent

#CA11D4

background

#FAF9FE

surface

#F4F1FD

border

#CECBD5

text

#0F0D16

muted

#7F7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #656CE6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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