#656D9E#656D9E

#656D9E is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.077 H 276.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656D9E
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 158)
HSL	hsl(232, 23%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(232, 36%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 31%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.20, 9.33, -27.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.20, 29.01, 288.76°)
OKLab	oklab(54.82% 0.0086 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(54.82% 0.077 276.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.0053, 16.1720, 34.5666)
Luminance	0.1617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656D9E #9E9665

analogous

#65899E #656D9E #79659E

triadic

#656D9E #9E656D #6D9E65

tetradic

#656D9E #9E6589 #9E9665 #659E79

square

#656D9E #9E6589 #9E9665 #659E79

split-complementary

#656D9E #9E7965 #899E65

monochromatic

#353954 #4C5379 #656D9E #8B91B6 #B0B4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#656D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#656D9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656D9E

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656D9E	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E72A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A6E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55767E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.077 276.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9396bb',
    500: '#656d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656d9e;
$custom-light: #9396bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.579,
    "s": 22.709,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54824,
    "c": 0.07702,
    "h": 276.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656D9E

secondary

#BCB9A3

accent

#B369BF

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F1F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0D0D11

muted

#7E7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #656D9E

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

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