#656ED6#656ED6

#656ED6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.157 H 276.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656ED6
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 214)
HSL	hsl(235, 58%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(235, 53%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 48.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.42, 25.63, -54.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.42, 60.46, 295.08°)
OKLab	oklab(58.25% 0.0182 -0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(58.25% 0.157 276.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0765, 18.7721, 66.0127)
Luminance	0.1877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656ED6 #D6CD65

analogous

#65A7D6 #656ED6 #9565D6

triadic

#656ED6 #D6656E #6ED665

tetradic

#656ED6 #D665A7 #D6CD65 #65D695

square

#656ED6 #D665A7 #D6CD65 #65D695

split-complementary

#656ED6 #D69565 #A7D665

monochromatic

#283198 #3541C8 #656ED6 #959CE3 #C6C9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#656ED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#656ED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #656ED6

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656ED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##656ED6	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D7DDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F74D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#318598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656ed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.157 276.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9997e3',
    500: '#656ed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656ed6;
$custom-light: #9997e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656ed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.221,
    "s": 57.949,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58248,
    "c": 0.15715,
    "h": 276.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656ED6

secondary

#E0DDB6

accent

#B820C6

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FC

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0D15

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #656ED6

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

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