#656D8C#656D8C

#656D8C is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.050 H 273.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656D8C
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 140)
HSL	hsl(228, 16%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(228, 28%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 22.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.44, 4.43, -17.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.44, 18.52, 283.82°)
OKLab	oklab(53.99% 0.0029 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(53.99% 0.05 273.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.5678, 15.5970, 26.9961)
Luminance	0.1560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656D8C #8C8465

analogous

#65818C #656D8C #70658C

triadic

#656D8C #8C656D #6D8C65

tetradic

#656D8C #8C6581 #8C8465 #658C70

square

#656D8C #8C6581 #8C8465 #658C70

split-complementary

#656D8C #8C7065 #818C65

monochromatic

#323645 #4B5168 #656D8C #868DA8 #AAAFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#656D8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#656D8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656D8C

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656D8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656D8C	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64708D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B7377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656d8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.050 273.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9196ad',
    500: '#656d8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656d8c;
$custom-light: #9196ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656d8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.692,
    "s": 16.183,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53985,
    "c": 0.04957,
    "h": 273.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656D8C

secondary

#B0AC9C

accent

#AA6FB9

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F1F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0D0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #656D8C

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

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