#656D7F#656D7F

#656D7F is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.030 H 266.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656D7F
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 127)
HSL	hsl(222, 11%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(222, 20%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 14.2%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.96, 1.13, -10.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.96, 11.03, 275.86°)
OKLab	oklab(53.45% -0.0019 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(53.45% 0.03 266.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.6653, 15.2360, 22.2427)
Luminance	0.1524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656D7F #7F7765

analogous

#657A7F #656D7F #6A657F

triadic

#656D7F #7F656D #6D7F65

tetradic

#656D7F #7F657A #7F7765 #657F6A

square

#656D7F #7F657A #7F7765 #657F6A

split-complementary

#656D7F #7F6A65 #7A7F65

monochromatic

#2F323B #4A505D #656D7F #848C9D #A6ACB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#656D7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#656D7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656D7F

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656D7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656D7F	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686E80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656C7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F7073

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656d7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.030 266.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9196a4',
    500: '#656d7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656d7f;
$custom-light: #9196a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656d7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.538,
    "s": 11.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53445,
    "c": 0.02989,
    "h": 266.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656D7F

secondary

#A7A398

accent

#A073B4

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0C0D0F

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #656D7F

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

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