#656E8A#656E8A

#656E8A is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.045 H 270.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656E8A
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 138)
HSL	hsl(225, 15%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(225, 27%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 20.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.65, 3.30, -16.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.65, 16.81, 281.33°)
OKLab	oklab(54.12% 0.0007 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(54.12% 0.045 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.5290, 15.7531, 26.2623)
Luminance	0.1575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656E8A #8A8165

analogous

#65818A #656E8A #6F658A

triadic

#656E8A #8A656E #6E8A65

tetradic

#656E8A #8A6581 #8A8165 #658A6F

square

#656E8A #8A6581 #8A8165 #658A6F

split-complementary

#656E8A #8A6F65 #818A65

monochromatic

#313643 #4B5267 #656E8A #868EA6 #A9AFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#656E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#656E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656E8A

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656E8A	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66708B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C7377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.045 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9197ac',
    500: '#656e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656e8a;
$custom-light: #9197ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.405,
    "s": 15.481,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54121,
    "c": 0.04524,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656E8A

secondary

#AFAA9C

accent

#A770B8

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0D0D10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #656E8A

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

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