#656DDD#656DDD

#656DDD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.168 H 276.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656DDD
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 221)
HSL	hsl(236, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(236, 54%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 50.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.60, 28.46, -58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.60, 65.00, 295.97°)
OKLab	oklab(58.52% 0.0199 -0.1669)
OKLCH	oklch(58.52% 0.168 276.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8825, 18.9228, 70.7866)
Luminance	0.1892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656DDD #DDD565

analogous

#65A9DD #656DDD #9965DD

triadic

#656DDD #DD656D #6DDD65

tetradic

#656DDD #DD65A9 #DDD565 #65DD99

square

#656DDD #DD65A9 #DDD565 #65DD99

split-complementary

#656DDD #DD9965 #A9DD65

monochromatic

#242DA4 #333DD2 #656DDD #979DE8 #C9CCF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#656DDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#656DDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #656DDD

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656DDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##656DDD	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#337EE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2074DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29869B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.168 276.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a96e8',
    500: '#656ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656ddd;
$custom-light: #9a96e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5852,
    "c": 0.16811,
    "h": 276.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656DDD

secondary

#E4E2B9

accent

#C01ACC

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0F0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #656DDD

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

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