#656EC9#656EC9

#656EC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.139 H 276.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656EC9
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 201)
HSL	hsl(235, 48%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(235, 50%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 45.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.66, 21.56, -48.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.66, 53.13, 293.93°)
OKLab	oklab(57.43% 0.0165 -0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(57.43% 0.139 276.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.4821, 18.1344, 57.6153)
Luminance	0.1814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656EC9 #C9C065

analogous

#65A0C9 #656EC9 #8E65C9

triadic

#656EC9 #C9656E #6EC965

tetradic

#656EC9 #C965A0 #C9C065 #65C98E

square

#656EC9 #C965A0 #C9C065 #65C98E

split-complementary

#656EC9 #C98E65 #A0C965

monochromatic

#2F3685 #3F49B2 #656EC9 #9299D9 #C0C3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#656EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#656EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #656EC9

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##656EC9	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#487ACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E72C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D8192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.139 276.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9797da',
    500: '#656ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656ec9;
$custom-light: #9797da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.6,
    "s": 48.077,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57425,
    "c": 0.1389,
    "h": 276.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656EC9

secondary

#D8D5B1

accent

#CB50D8

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F2FB

border

#CCCCD4

text

#0E0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #656EC9

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

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