#656D7B#656D7B

#656D7B is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.024 H 261.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656D7B
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 123)
HSL	hsl(218, 10%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(218, 18%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 11.4%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.82, 0.16, -8.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.82, 8.78, 271.03°)
OKLab	oklab(53.29% -0.0035 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(53.29% 0.024 261.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.4097, 15.1338, 20.8970)
Luminance	0.1513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656D7B #7B7365

analogous

#65787B #656D7B #68657B

triadic

#656D7B #7B656D #6D7B65

tetradic

#656D7B #7B6578 #7B7365 #657B68

square

#656D7B #7B6578 #7B7365 #657B68

split-complementary

#656D7B #7B6865 #787B65

monochromatic

#2E3138 #494F59 #656D7B #848C9A #A5ABB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#656D7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#656D7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656D7B

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656D7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656D7B	1.00	5.22	4.03	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696E7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676C7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#607071

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656d7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.024 261.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9196a1',
    500: '#656d7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656d7b;
$custom-light: #9196a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656d7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.182,
    "s": 9.821,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5329,
    "c": 0.02405,
    "h": 261.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656D7B

secondary

#A5A097

accent

#9C75B3

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0C0D0E

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #656D7B

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

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