#656D8E#656D8E

#656D8E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.053 H 273.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656D8E
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 142)
HSL	hsl(228, 17%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(228, 29%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 23.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.52, 4.95, -19.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.52, 19.69, 284.57°)
OKLab	oklab(54.07% 0.0036 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(54.07% 0.053 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.7166, 15.6565, 27.7799)
Luminance	0.1566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656D8E #8E8665

analogous

#65818E #656D8E #72658E

triadic

#656D8E #8E656D #6D8E65

tetradic

#656D8E #8E6581 #8E8665 #658E72

square

#656D8E #8E6581 #8E8665 #658E72

split-complementary

#656D8E #8E7265 #818E65

monochromatic

#323646 #4C526A #656D8E #878EA9 #ABAFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#656D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#656D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656D8E

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656D8E	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63708F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606D8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A7378

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.053 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9296af',
    500: '#656d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656d8e;
$custom-light: #9296af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.293,
    "s": 16.872,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54073,
    "c": 0.05261,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656D8E

secondary

#B2AE9D

accent

#AB6EBA

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F1F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0D0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #656D8E

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

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