#656D80#656D80

#656D80 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.031 H 267.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656D80
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 128)
HSL	hsl(222, 12%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(222, 21%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 14.8%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.99, 1.37, -11.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.99, 11.60, 276.79°)
OKLab	oklab(53.48% -0.0015 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(53.48% 0.031 267.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.7308, 15.2622, 22.5877)
Luminance	0.1526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656D80 #807865

analogous

#657A80 #656D80 #6B6580

triadic

#656D80 #80656D #6D8065

tetradic

#656D80 #80657A #807865 #65806B

square

#656D80 #80657A #807865 #65806B

split-complementary

#656D80 #806B65 #7A8065

monochromatic

#2F333C #4A505E #656D80 #848C9E #A6ACB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#656D80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#656D80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656D80

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656D80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656D80	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676E81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656C80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E7173

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656d80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.031 267.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9196a4',
    500: '#656d80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656d80;
$custom-light: #9196a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656d80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.222,
    "s": 11.79,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53484,
    "c": 0.03138,
    "h": 267.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656D80

secondary

#A8A499

accent

#A173B5

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0C0D0F

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #656D80

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

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