#656EA7#656EA7

#656EA7 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.089 H 276.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656EA7
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 167)
HSL	hsl(232, 27%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(232, 40%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 34.1%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.89, 11.30, -31.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.89, 33.63, 289.63°)
OKLab	oklab(55.49% 0.0097 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(55.49% 0.089 276.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.9158, 16.7078, 38.8327)
Luminance	0.1671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656EA7 #A79E65

analogous

#658FA7 #656EA7 #7D65A7

triadic

#656EA7 #A7656E #6EA765

tetradic

#656EA7 #A7658F #A79E65 #65A77D

square

#656EA7 #A7658F #A79E65 #65A77D

split-complementary

#656EA7 #A77D65 #8FA765

monochromatic

#353A5D #4B5384 #656EA7 #8C93BD #B3B7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#656EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#656EA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656EA7

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656EA7	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B74A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566FA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#517983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.089 276.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9397c1',
    500: '#656ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656ea7;
$custom-light: #9397c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.818,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55494,
    "c": 0.0892,
    "h": 276.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656EA7

secondary

#C2BEA6

accent

#B764C4

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F2F7

border

#CCCCD0

text

#0D0D12

muted

#7E7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #656EA7

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

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