#656EB5#656EB5

#656EB5 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.110 H 276.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656EB5
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 181)
HSL	hsl(233, 35%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(233, 44%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 39.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.58, 15.43, -38.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.58, 41.71, 291.71°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% 0.013 -0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.11 276.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.2807, 17.2538, 46.0215)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656EB5 #B5AC65

analogous

#6596B5 #656EB5 #8465B5

triadic

#656EB5 #B5656E #6EB565

tetradic

#656EB5 #B56596 #B5AC65 #65B584

square

#656EB5 #B56596 #B5AC65 #65B584

split-complementary

#656EB5 #B58465 #96B565

monochromatic

#343A6C #485095 #656EB5 #8E95C9 #B8BCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#656EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#656EB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656EB5

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656EB5	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5477B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E70B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A7C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.110 276.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9597cb',
    500: '#656eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656eb5;
$custom-light: #9597cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.25,
    "s": 35.088,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56249,
    "c": 0.10999,
    "h": 276.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656EB5

secondary

#CCC8AA

accent

#BF5DCB

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F2F2F8

border

#CCCCD1

text

#0D0D13

muted

#7E7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #656EB5

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

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