#656E80#656E80

#656E80 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.030 H 264.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656E80
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 128)
HSL	hsl(220, 12%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(220, 21%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 14.1%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.28, 0.78, -11.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.28, 11.10, 274.01°)
OKLab	oklab(53.71% -0.003 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(53.71% 0.03 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.8381, 15.4767, 22.6234)
Luminance	0.1548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656E80 #807765

analogous

#657B80 #656E80 #6A6580

triadic

#656E80 #80656E #6E8065

tetradic

#656E80 #80657B #807765 #65806A

square

#656E80 #80657B #807765 #65806A

split-complementary

#656E80 #806A65 #7B8065

monochromatic

#2F333C #4A515E #656E80 #848D9E #A6ADB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#656E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#656E80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656E80

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656E80	1.00	5.13	4.10	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686F81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666D80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E7274

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.030 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9197a4',
    500: '#656e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656e80;
$custom-light: #9197a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 11.79,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53711,
    "c": 0.03029,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656E80

secondary

#A8A399

accent

#9F73B5

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0C0D0F

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #656E80

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

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