#656DAE#656DAE

#656DAE is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.101 H 277.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656DAE
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 174)
HSL	hsl(233, 31%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(233, 42%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 37.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.96, 13.96, -35.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.96, 38.30, 291.37°)
OKLab	oklab(55.66% 0.0127 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(55.66% 0.101 277.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.4732, 16.7591, 42.2977)
Luminance	0.1676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656DAE #AEA665

analogous

#6592AE #656DAE #8265AE

triadic

#656DAE #AE656D #6DAE65

tetradic

#656DAE #AE6592 #AEA665 #65AE82

square

#656DAE #AE6592 #AEA665 #65AE82

split-complementary

#656DAE #AE8265 #92AE65

monochromatic

#353A64 #4A518C #656DAE #8D93C3 #B5B9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#656DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#656DAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656DAE

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656DAE	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5675B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E7A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.101 277.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.425,
    "s": 31.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55655,
    "c": 0.10104,
    "h": 277.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656DAE

secondary

#C7C4A8

accent

#BC61C7

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F2F2F8

border

#CCCCD1

text

#0D0D13

muted

#7E7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #656DAE

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

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