#656ED7#656ED7

#656ED7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.159 H 276.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656ED7
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 215)
HSL	hsl(235, 59%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(235, 53%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 48.8%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.48, 25.95, -55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.48, 61.02, 295.17°)
OKLab	oklab(58.31% 0.0183 -0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(58.31% 0.159 276.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2046, 18.8234, 66.6873)
Luminance	0.1883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656ED7 #D7CE65

analogous

#65A7D7 #656ED7 #9565D7

triadic

#656ED7 #D7656E #6ED765

tetradic

#656ED7 #D765A7 #D7CE65 #65D795

square

#656ED7 #D765A7 #D7CE65 #65D795

split-complementary

#656ED7 #D79565 #A7D765

monochromatic

#28319A #3540CA #656ED7 #969CE4 #C6C9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#656ED7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#656ED7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #656ED7

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656ED7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##656ED7	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C7DDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E74D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#308598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656ed7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.159 276.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9997e4',
    500: '#656ed7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656ed7;
$custom-light: #9997e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656ed7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.263,
    "s": 58.763,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58313,
    "c": 0.15854,
    "h": 276.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656ED7

secondary

#E1DEB7

accent

#B91FC6

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FC

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #656ED7

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

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