#656D8D#656D8D

#656D8D is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.051 H 273.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656D8D
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 141)
HSL	hsl(228, 17%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(228, 28%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 22.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.48, 4.69, -18.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.48, 19.11, 284.21°)
OKLab	oklab(54.03% 0.0033 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(54.03% 0.051 273.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.6419, 15.6266, 27.3862)
Luminance	0.1563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656D8D #8D8565

analogous

#65818D #656D8D #71658D

triadic

#656D8D #8D656D #6D8D65

tetradic

#656D8D #8D6581 #8D8565 #658D71

square

#656D8D #8D6581 #8D8565 #658D71

split-complementary

#656D8D #8D7165 #818D65

monochromatic

#323646 #4B5169 #656D8D #878DA9 #AAAFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#656D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#656D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656D8D

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656D8D	1.00	5.09	4.13	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64708E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B7378

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.051 273.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9196ae',
    500: '#656d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656d8d;
$custom-light: #9196ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 16.529,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54029,
    "c": 0.05109,
    "h": 273.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656D8D

secondary

#B1AD9D

accent

#AA6FB9

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F1F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0D0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #656D8D

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

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