#656E83#656E83

#656E83 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.035 H 266.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656E83
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 131)
HSL	hsl(222, 13%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(222, 23%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 16%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.39, 1.52, -12.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.39, 12.80, 276.82°)
OKLab	oklab(53.83% -0.0019 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(53.83% 0.035 266.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.0384, 15.5569, 23.6788)
Luminance	0.1556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656E83 #837A65

analogous

#657D83 #656E83 #6B6583

triadic

#656E83 #83656E #6E8365

tetradic

#656E83 #83657D #837A65 #65836B

square

#656E83 #83657D #837A65 #65836B

split-complementary

#656E83 #836B65 #7D8365

monochromatic

#30343E #4A5160 #656E83 #858DA1 #A7ADBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#656E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#656E83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656E83

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656E83	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686F84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656D82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E7275

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.035 266.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9197a7',
    500: '#656e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656e83;
$custom-light: #9197a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 12.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53831,
    "c": 0.03472,
    "h": 266.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656E83

secondary

#AAA599

accent

#A172B6

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0D0D0F

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #656E83

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

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