#656D9F#656D9F

#656D9F is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.079 H 276.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656D9F
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 159)
HSL	hsl(232, 23%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(232, 36%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 31.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.24, 9.61, -27.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.24, 29.60, 288.96°)
OKLab	oklab(54.87% 0.0089 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(54.87% 0.079 276.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.0917, 16.2065, 35.0218)
Luminance	0.1621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656D9F #9F9765

analogous

#658A9F #656D9F #7A659F

triadic

#656D9F #9F656D #6D9F65

tetradic

#656D9F #9F658A #9F9765 #659F7A

square

#656D9F #9F658A #9F9765 #659F7A

split-complementary

#656D9F #9F7A65 #8A9F65

monochromatic

#353955 #4C537A #656D9F #8B91B7 #B0B4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#656D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#656D9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656D9F

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656D9F	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D72A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#596E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54777F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.079 276.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9396bb',
    500: '#656d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656d9f;
$custom-light: #9396bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.724,
    "s": 23.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54874,
    "c": 0.07854,
    "h": 276.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656D9F

secondary

#BDB9A3

accent

#B468C0

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F1F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0D0D12

muted

#7E7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #656D9F

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

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