#656EA9#656EA9

#656EA9 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.092 H 276.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656EA9
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 169)
HSL	hsl(232, 28%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(232, 40%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 34.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.98, 11.88, -32.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.98, 34.79, 289.96°)
OKLab	oklab(55.6% 0.0102 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(55.6% 0.092 276.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.1021, 16.7823, 39.8139)
Luminance	0.1678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656EA9 #A9A065

analogous

#6590A9 #656EA9 #7E65A9

triadic

#656EA9 #A9656E #6EA965

tetradic

#656EA9 #A96590 #A9A065 #65A97E

square

#656EA9 #A96590 #A9A065 #65A97E

split-complementary

#656EA9 #A97E65 #90A965

monochromatic

#353A5F #4B5386 #656EA9 #8C93BF #B4B8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#656EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#656EA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656EA9

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656EA9	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A75AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556FA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#507A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.092 276.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9397c3',
    500: '#656ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656ea9;
$custom-light: #9397c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.059,
    "s": 28.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55598,
    "c": 0.0922,
    "h": 276.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656EA9

secondary

#C4C0A6

accent

#B863C5

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F2F2F8

border

#CCCCD1

text

#0D0D12

muted

#7E7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #656EA9

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

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