#656E7B#656E7B

#656E7B is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.023 H 257.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656E7B
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 123)
HSL	hsl(215, 10%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(215, 18%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 10.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.11, -0.44, -8.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.11, 8.36, 267.01°)
OKLab	oklab(53.52% -0.005 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(53.52% 0.023 257.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.5170, 15.3483, 20.9327)
Luminance	0.1535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656E7B #7B7265

analogous

#65797B #656E7B #67657B

triadic

#656E7B #7B656E #6E7B65

tetradic

#656E7B #7B6579 #7B7265 #657B67

square

#656E7B #7B6579 #7B7265 #657B67

split-complementary

#656E7B #7B6765 #797B65

monochromatic

#2E3238 #495059 #656E7B #848D9A #A5ACB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#656E7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#656E7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656E7B

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656E7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656E7B	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6E7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676C7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#607172

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656e7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.023 257.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9197a1',
    500: '#656e7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656e7b;
$custom-light: #9197a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656e7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.455,
    "s": 9.821,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53518,
    "c": 0.02316,
    "h": 257.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656E7B

secondary

#A59F97

accent

#9A75B3

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0C0D0E

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #656E7B

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

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