#656E7C#656E7C

#656E7C is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.025 H 259.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656E7C
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 124)
HSL	hsl(217, 10%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(217, 19%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 11.3%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.14, -0.20, -8.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.14, 8.90, 268.74°)
OKLab	oklab(53.56% -0.0046 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(53.56% 0.025 259.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.5800, 15.3735, 21.2641)
Luminance	0.1537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656E7C #7C7365

analogous

#657A7C #656E7C #68657C

triadic

#656E7C #7C656E #6E7C65

tetradic

#656E7C #7C657A #7C7365 #657C68

square

#656E7C #7C657A #7C7365 #657C68

split-complementary

#656E7C #7C6865 #7A7C65

monochromatic

#2E3239 #4A505A #656E7C #848D9B #A5ACB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#656E7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#656E7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656E7C

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656E7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656E7C	1.00	5.15	4.07	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696F7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676C7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F7172

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656e7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.025 259.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9197a1',
    500: '#656e7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656e7c;
$custom-light: #9197a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656e7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.522,
    "s": 10.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53556,
    "c": 0.02455,
    "h": 259.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656E7C

secondary

#A5A097

accent

#9B75B3

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0C0D0F

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #656E7C

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

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