#656D9C#656D9C

#656D9C is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.074 H 276.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656D9C
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 156)
HSL	hsl(231, 22%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(231, 35%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 30.1%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.11, 8.77, -26.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.11, 27.85, 288.35°)
OKLab	oklab(54.73% 0.0081 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(54.73% 0.074 276.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.8345, 16.1037, 33.6674)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656D9C #9C9465

analogous

#65889C #656D9C #78659C

triadic

#656D9C #9C656D #6D9C65

tetradic

#656D9C #9C6588 #9C9465 #659C78

square

#656D9C #9C6588 #9C9465 #659C78

split-complementary

#656D9C #9C7865 #889C65

monochromatic

#353952 #4D5377 #656D9C #8A90B4 #B0B4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#656D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#656D9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656D9C

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656D9C	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E729E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6E9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56767E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.074 276.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9296b9',
    500: '#656d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656d9c;
$custom-light: #9296b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.273,
    "s": 21.739,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54726,
    "c": 0.07398,
    "h": 276.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656D9C

secondary

#BBB7A2

accent

#B26ABE

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F1F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0D0D11

muted

#7E7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #656D9C

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

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