#656D81#656D81

#656D81 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.033 H 268.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656D81
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 129)
HSL	hsl(223, 12%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(223, 22%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 15.5%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.03, 1.62, -12.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.03, 12.17, 277.65°)
OKLab	oklab(53.52% -0.0011 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(53.52% 0.033 268.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.7969, 15.2886, 22.9360)
Luminance	0.1529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656D81 #817965

analogous

#657B81 #656D81 #6B6581

triadic

#656D81 #81656D #6D8165

tetradic

#656D81 #81657B #817965 #65816B

square

#656D81 #81657B #817965 #65816B

split-complementary

#656D81 #816B65 #7B8165

monochromatic

#2F333C #4A505F #656D81 #848C9F #A7ACBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#656D81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#656D81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656D81

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656D81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656D81	1.00	5.18	4.06	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676E82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656C81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E7174

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656d81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.033 268.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9196a5',
    500: '#656d81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656d81;
$custom-light: #9196a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656d81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 12.174,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53524,
    "c": 0.03287,
    "h": 268.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656D81

secondary

#A9A499

accent

#A273B5

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0C0D0F

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #656D81

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

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