#656EA6#656EA6

#656EA6 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.088 H 276.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656EA6
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 166)
HSL	hsl(232, 27%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(232, 39%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 33.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.84, 11.01, -31.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.84, 33.05, 289.45°)
OKLab	oklab(55.44% 0.0094 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(55.44% 0.088 276.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.8237, 16.6710, 38.3477)
Luminance	0.1667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656EA6 #A69D65

analogous

#658FA6 #656EA6 #7C65A6

triadic

#656EA6 #A6656E #6EA665

tetradic

#656EA6 #A6658F #A69D65 #65A67C

square

#656EA6 #A6658F #A69D65 #65A67C

split-complementary

#656EA6 #A67C65 #8FA665

monochromatic

#353A5C #4B5382 #656EA6 #8C93BC #B3B7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#656EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#656EA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656EA6

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656EA6	1.00	4.84	4.33	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C74A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576FA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#517982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.088 276.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9397c0',
    500: '#656ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656ea6;
$custom-light: #9397c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.692,
    "s": 26.749,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55442,
    "c": 0.0877,
    "h": 276.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656EA6

secondary

#C2BEA5

accent

#B665C3

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F1F2F7

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0D0D12

muted

#7E7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #656EA6

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

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