#656E87#656E87

#656E87 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.041 H 269.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656E87
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 135)
HSL	hsl(224, 14%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(224, 25%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 18.5%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.54, 2.53, -14.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.54, 15.08, 279.66°)
OKLab	oklab(54% -0.0004 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(54% 0.041 269.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.3148, 15.6674, 25.1342)
Luminance	0.1567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656E87 #877E65

analogous

#657F87 #656E87 #6D6587

triadic

#656E87 #87656E #6E8765

tetradic

#656E87 #87657F #877E65 #65876D

square

#656E87 #87657F #877E65 #65876D

split-complementary

#656E87 #876D65 #7F8765

monochromatic

#313541 #4B5164 #656E87 #858DA4 #A8AEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#656E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#656E87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656E87

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656E87	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#677088

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646D86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C7376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.041 269.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9197aa',
    500: '#656e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656e87;
$custom-light: #9197aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.118,
    "s": 14.407,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53995,
    "c": 0.0407,
    "h": 269.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656E87

secondary

#ADA89B

accent

#A571B7

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0D0D10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #656E87

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

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