#656DCB#656DCB

#656DCB is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.143 H 277.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656DCB
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 203)
HSL	hsl(235, 50%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(235, 50%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 46.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.51, 22.79, -49.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.51, 54.89, 294.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.35% 0.018 -0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(57.35% 0.143 277.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.6116, 18.0145, 58.8267)
Luminance	0.1802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656DCB #CBC365

analogous

#65A0CB #656DCB #9065CB

triadic

#656DCB #CB656D #6DCB65

tetradic

#656DCB #CB65A0 #CBC365 #65CB90

square

#656DCB #CB65A0 #CBC365 #65CB90

split-complementary

#656DCB #CB9065 #A0CB65

monochromatic

#2E3588 #3D47B6 #656DCB #9398DA #C1C4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#656DCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#656DCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #656DCB

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656DCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##656DCB	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#447ACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B72C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C8192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656dcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.143 277.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9796db',
    500: '#656dcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656dcb;
$custom-light: #9796db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656dcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.294,
    "s": 49.515,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57352,
    "c": 0.14309,
    "h": 277.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656DCB

secondary

#DAD7B2

accent

#CE4FD9

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F2FB

border

#CCCCD4

text

#0E0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #656DCB

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

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