#656D9A#656D9A

#656D9A is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.071 H 276.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656D9A
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 154)
HSL	hsl(231, 21%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(231, 34%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 29.2%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.02, 8.21, -25.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.02, 26.68, 287.92°)
OKLab	oklab(54.63% 0.0075 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(54.63% 0.071 276)
XYZ	xyz(16.6666, 16.0365, 32.7828)
Luminance	0.1604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656D9A #9A9265

analogous

#65889A #656D9A #77659A

triadic

#656D9A #9A656D #6D9A65

tetradic

#656D9A #9A6588 #9A9265 #659A77

square

#656D9A #9A6588 #9A9265 #659A77

split-complementary

#656D9A #9A7765 #889A65

monochromatic

#353950 #4D5375 #656D9A #8A90B2 #AFB3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#656D9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#656D9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656D9A

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656D9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656D9A	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F729C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6E99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56767D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656d9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.071 276.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9296b8',
    500: '#656d9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656d9a;
$custom-light: #9296b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656d9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.943,
    "s": 20.784,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54629,
    "c": 0.07094,
    "h": 276
  },
  "luminance": 0.16037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656D9A

secondary

#B9B6A2

accent

#B16ABD

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F1F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0D0D11

muted

#7E7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #656D9A

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

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