#656D7D#656D7D

#656D7D is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.027 H 264.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656D7D
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 125)
HSL	hsl(220, 11%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(220, 19%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 12.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.89, 0.64, -9.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.89, 9.90, 273.70°)
OKLab	oklab(53.37% -0.0027 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(53.37% 0.027 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.5362, 15.1844, 21.5631)
Luminance	0.1519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656D7D #7D7565

analogous

#65797D #656D7D #69657D

triadic

#656D7D #7D656D #6D7D65

tetradic

#656D7D #7D6579 #7D7565 #657D69

square

#656D7D #7D6579 #7D7565 #657D69

split-complementary

#656D7D #7D6965 #797D65

monochromatic

#2E3239 #4A4F5B #656D7D #848C9B #A6ABB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#656D7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#656D7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656D7D

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656D7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656D7D	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686E7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666C7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F7072

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656d7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.027 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9196a2',
    500: '#656d7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656d7d;
$custom-light: #9196a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656d7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 10.619,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53367,
    "c": 0.02694,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656D7D

secondary

#A6A198

accent

#9E74B4

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F3

border

#CBCCCD

text

#0C0D0F

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #656D7D

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

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