#656DDE#656DDE

#656DDE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.169 H 276.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656DDE
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 222)
HSL	hsl(236, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(236, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 50.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.66, 28.77, -58.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.66, 65.55, 296.04°)
OKLab	oklab(58.59% 0.02 -0.1683)
OKLCH	oklch(58.59% 0.169 276.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.0161, 18.9763, 71.4903)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656DDE #DED665

analogous

#65A9DE #656DDE #9965DE

triadic

#656DDE #DE656D #6DDE65

tetradic

#656DDE #DE65A9 #DED665 #65DE99

square

#656DDE #DE65A9 #DED665 #65DE99

split-complementary

#656DDE #DE9965 #A9DE65

monochromatic

#232CA5 #333DD3 #656DDE #979DE9 #CACDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#656DDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#656DDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #656DDE

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656DDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##656DDE	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#317EE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E74DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28869B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656dde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.169 276.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a96e9',
    500: '#656dde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656dde;
$custom-light: #9a96e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656dde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.033,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58587,
    "c": 0.16947,
    "h": 276.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656DDE

secondary

#E5E2BA

accent

#C119CD

background

#FAF9FE

surface

#F3F2FD

border

#CDCCD5

text

#0F0D16

muted

#7F7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #656DDE

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

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