#656D85#656D85

#656D85 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.039 H 270.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656D85
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 133)
HSL	hsl(225, 14%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(225, 24%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 18%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.17, 2.62, -14.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.17, 14.46, 280.44°)
OKLab	oklab(53.69% 0.0004 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(53.69% 0.039 270.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.0680, 15.3971, 24.3638)
Luminance	0.1540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656D85 #857D65

analogous

#657D85 #656D85 #6D6585

triadic

#656D85 #85656D #6D8565

tetradic

#656D85 #85657D #857D65 #65856D

square

#656D85 #85657D #857D65 #65856D

split-complementary

#656D85 #856D65 #7D8565

monochromatic

#30343F #4B5062 #656D85 #858CA2 #A8ADBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#656D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#656D85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656D85

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656D85	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666F86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636C84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D7275

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.039 270.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9196a8',
    500: '#656d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656d85;
$custom-light: #9196a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 13.675,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53687,
    "c": 0.0389,
    "h": 270.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656D85

secondary

#ACA79A

accent

#A571B7

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0D0D0F

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #656D85

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

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