#656ED9#656ED9

#656ED9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.161 H 276.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656ED9
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 217)
HSL	hsl(235, 60%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(235, 53%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 49.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.60, 26.58, -56.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.60, 62.14, 295.33°)
OKLab	oklab(58.44% 0.0185 -0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(58.44% 0.161 276.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4632, 18.9268, 68.0490)
Luminance	0.1893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656ED9 #D9D065

analogous

#65A8D9 #656ED9 #9665D9

triadic

#656ED9 #D9656E #6ED965

tetradic

#656ED9 #D965A8 #D9D065 #65D996

square

#656ED9 #D965A8 #D9D065 #65D996

split-complementary

#656ED9 #D99665 #A8D965

monochromatic

#27309D #3440CD #656ED9 #969CE5 #C7CAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#656ED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#656ED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #656ED9

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656ED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##656ED9	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A7DDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B74D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E8699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.161 276.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9997e5',
    500: '#656ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656ed9;
$custom-light: #9997e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.345,
    "s": 60.417,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58444,
    "c": 0.1613,
    "h": 276.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656ED9

secondary

#E2DFB8

accent

#BB1DC8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FC

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0F0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #656ED9

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

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