#656D8A#656D8A

#656D8A is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.046 H 272.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656D8A
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 138)
HSL	hsl(227, 15%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(227, 27%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 21%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.36, 3.90, -16.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.36, 17.36, 282.99°)
OKLab	oklab(53.9% 0.0022 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(53.9% 0.047 272.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.4217, 15.5385, 26.2265)
Luminance	0.1554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656D8A #8A8265

analogous

#65808A #656D8A #70658A

triadic

#656D8A #8A656D #6D8A65

tetradic

#656D8A #8A6580 #8A8265 #658A70

square

#656D8A #8A6580 #8A8265 #658A70

split-complementary

#656D8A #8A7065 #808A65

monochromatic

#313543 #4B5167 #656D8A #868DA6 #A9AEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#656D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#656D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656D8A

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656D8A	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646F8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C7277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.046 272.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9196ac',
    500: '#656d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656d8a;
$custom-light: #9196ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.027,
    "s": 15.481,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53898,
    "c": 0.0465,
    "h": 272.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656D8A

secondary

#AFAB9C

accent

#A970B8

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0D0D10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #656D8A

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

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