#656D8B#656D8B

#656D8B is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.048 H 273.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656D8B
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 139)
HSL	hsl(227, 16%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(227, 27%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 21.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.40, 4.16, -17.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.40, 17.94, 283.42°)
OKLab	oklab(53.94% 0.0026 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(53.94% 0.048 273.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.4944, 15.5676, 26.6096)
Luminance	0.1557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656D8B #8B8365

analogous

#65808B #656D8B #70658B

triadic

#656D8B #8B656D #6D8B65

tetradic

#656D8B #8B6580 #8B8365 #658B70

square

#656D8B #8B6580 #8B8365 #658B70

split-complementary

#656D8B #8B7065 #808B65

monochromatic

#313544 #4B5168 #656D8B #868DA7 #AAAEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#656D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#656D8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656D8B

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656D8B	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)

#64708C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B7377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.048 273.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9196ad',
    500: '#656d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656d8b;
$custom-light: #9196ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.368,
    "s": 15.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53941,
    "c": 0.04804,
    "h": 273.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656D8B

secondary

#B0AC9C

accent

#A96FB9

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F1F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0D0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #656D8B

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

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