#656EAE#656EAE

#656EAE is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.100 H 276.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656EAE
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 174)
HSL	hsl(233, 31%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(233, 42%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 36.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.23, 13.35, -35.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.23, 37.68, 290.74°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% 0.0114 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.1 276.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.5805, 16.9737, 42.3334)
Luminance	0.1698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656EAE #AEA565

analogous

#6593AE #656EAE #8165AE

triadic

#656EAE #AE656E #6EAE65

tetradic

#656EAE #AE6593 #AEA565 #65AE81

square

#656EAE #AE6593 #AEA565 #65AE81

split-complementary

#656EAE #AE8165 #93AE65

monochromatic

#353A64 #4A528C #656EAE #8D94C3 #B5BAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#656EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#656EAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656EAE

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656EAE	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5875B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5370AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E7B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.100 276.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9497c6',
    500: '#656eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656eae;
$custom-light: #9497c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.603,
    "s": 31.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55864,
    "c": 0.09965,
    "h": 276.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656EAE

secondary

#C7C3A8

accent

#BB61C7

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F2F2F8

border

#CCCCD1

text

#0D0D13

muted

#7E7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #656EAE

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

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