#656E85#656E85

#656E85 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.038 H 268.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656E85
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 133)
HSL	hsl(223, 14%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(223, 24%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 17.3%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.46, 2.02, -13.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.46, 13.94, 278.34°)
OKLab	oklab(53.91% -0.0011 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(53.91% 0.038 268.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.1753, 15.6116, 24.3996)
Luminance	0.1561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656E85 #857C65

analogous

#657E85 #656E85 #6C6585

triadic

#656E85 #85656E #6E8565

tetradic

#656E85 #85657E #857C65 #65856C

square

#656E85 #85657E #857C65 #65856C

split-complementary

#656E85 #856C65 #7E8565

monochromatic

#30343F #4B5162 #656E85 #858DA2 #A8AEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#656E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#656E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656E85

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656E85	1.00	5.09	4.12	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#677086

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646D84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D7276

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.038 268.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9197a8',
    500: '#656e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656e85;
$custom-light: #9197a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.125,
    "s": 13.675,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53912,
    "c": 0.0377,
    "h": 268.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656E85

secondary

#ACA79A

accent

#A371B7

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0D0D0F

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #656E85

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

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