#656D7E#656D7E

#656D7E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.028 H 265.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656D7E
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 126)
HSL	hsl(221, 11%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(221, 20%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 13.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.92, 0.88, -10.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.92, 10.46, 274.83°)
OKLab	oklab(53.41% -0.0023 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(53.41% 0.028 265.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.6004, 15.2100, 21.9012)
Luminance	0.1521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656D7E #7E7665

analogous

#657A7E #656D7E #6A657E

triadic

#656D7E #7E656D #6D7E65

tetradic

#656D7E #7E657A #7E7665 #657E6A

square

#656D7E #7E657A #7E7665 #657E6A

split-complementary

#656D7E #7E6A65 #7A7E65

monochromatic

#2F323A #4A505C #656D7E #848C9C #A6ACB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#656D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#656D7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656D7E

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656D7E	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)

#686E7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666C7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F7072

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.028 265.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9196a3',
    500: '#656d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656d7e;
$custom-light: #9196a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.8,
    "s": 11.013,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53406,
    "c": 0.02841,
    "h": 265.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656D7E

secondary

#A7A298

accent

#9F74B4

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F3

border

#CBCCCD

text

#0C0D0F

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #656D7E

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

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