#656ED8#656ED8

#656ED8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.160 H 276.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656ED8
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 216)
HSL	hsl(235, 60%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(235, 53%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 49.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.54, 26.26, -55.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.54, 61.58, 295.25°)
OKLab	oklab(58.38% 0.0184 -0.1589)
OKLCH	oklch(58.38% 0.16 276.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3335, 18.8749, 67.3661)
Luminance	0.1888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656ED8 #D8CF65

analogous

#65A8D8 #656ED8 #9565D8

triadic

#656ED8 #D8656E #6ED865

tetradic

#656ED8 #D865A8 #D8CF65 #65D895

square

#656ED8 #D865A8 #D8CF65 #65D895

split-complementary

#656ED8 #D89565 #A8D865

monochromatic

#27309B #3440CC #656ED8 #969CE4 #C7CAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#656ED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#656ED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #656ED8

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656ED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##656ED8	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B7DDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C74D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F8599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656ed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.160 276.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9997e5',
    500: '#656ed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656ed8;
$custom-light: #9997e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656ed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.304,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58378,
    "c": 0.15992,
    "h": 276.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656ED8

secondary

#E2DEB7

accent

#BA1EC7

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FC

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0F0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #656ED8

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

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