#656DAD#656DAD

#656DAD is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.100 H 277.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656DAD
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 173)
HSL	hsl(233, 31%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(233, 42%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 37%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.91, 13.66, -35.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.91, 37.72, 291.24°)
OKLab	oklab(55.6% 0.0125 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(55.6% 0.1 277.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.3760, 16.7203, 41.7862)
Luminance	0.1672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656DAD #ADA565

analogous

#6591AD #656DAD #8165AD

triadic

#656DAD #AD656D #6DAD65

tetradic

#656DAD #AD6591 #ADA565 #65AD81

square

#656DAD #AD6591 #ADA565 #65AD81

split-complementary

#656DAD #AD8165 #91AD65

monochromatic

#353A63 #4A518B #656DAD #8D93C2 #B5B9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#656DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#656DAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656DAD

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656DAD	1.00	4.83	4.34	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5775B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E7A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.100 277.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9496c6',
    500: '#656dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656dad;
$custom-light: #9496c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 30.508,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55601,
    "c": 0.09956,
    "h": 277.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656DAD

secondary

#C6C3A8

accent

#BB61C7

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F2F2F8

border

#CCCCD1

text

#0D0D13

muted

#7E7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #656DAD

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

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