#656D9B#656D9B

#656D9B is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.072 H 276.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656D9B
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 155)
HSL	hsl(231, 21%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(231, 35%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 29.7%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.07, 8.49, -25.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.07, 27.27, 288.14°)
OKLab	oklab(54.68% 0.0078 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(54.68% 0.072 276.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.7502, 16.0699, 33.2232)
Luminance	0.1607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656D9B #9B9365

analogous

#65889B #656D9B #78659B

triadic

#656D9B #9B656D #6D9B65

tetradic

#656D9B #9B6588 #9B9365 #659B78

square

#656D9B #9B6588 #9B9365 #659B78

split-complementary

#656D9B #9B7865 #889B65

monochromatic

#353951 #4D5376 #656D9B #8A90B3 #AFB3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#656D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#656D9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656D9B

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656D9B	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F729D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6E9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56767D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.072 276.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9296b8',
    500: '#656d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656d9b;
$custom-light: #9296b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.111,
    "s": 21.26,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54677,
    "c": 0.07247,
    "h": 276.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656D9B

secondary

#BAB6A2

accent

#B16ABE

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F1F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0D0D11

muted

#7E7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #656D9B

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

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