#656D8F#656D8F

#656D8F is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.054 H 274.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656D8F
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 143)
HSL	hsl(229, 17%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(229, 29%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 23.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.56, 5.22, -19.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.56, 20.27, 284.92°)
OKLab	oklab(54.12% 0.004 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(54.12% 0.054 274.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.7920, 15.6867, 28.1771)
Luminance	0.1569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656D8F #8F8765

analogous

#65828F #656D8F #72658F

triadic

#656D8F #8F656D #6D8F65

tetradic

#656D8F #8F6582 #8F8765 #658F72

square

#656D8F #8F6582 #8F8765 #658F72

split-complementary

#656D8F #8F7265 #828F65

monochromatic

#323647 #4C526B #656D8F #878EAA #ABB0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#656D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#656D8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656D8F

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656D8F	1.00	5.08	4.14	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#637091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A7379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.054 274.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9296b0',
    500: '#656d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656d8f;
$custom-light: #9296b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.571,
    "s": 17.213,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54118,
    "c": 0.05414,
    "h": 274.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656D8F

secondary

#B2AE9D

accent

#AB6EBA

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F1F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0D0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #656D8F

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

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