#656EE5#656EE5

#656EE5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.178 H 276.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656EE5
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 229)
HSL	hsl(236, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(236, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 52%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.35, 30.39, -61.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.35, 68.81, 296.22°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% 0.0194 -0.1766)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.178 276.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.0811, 19.5739, 76.5700)
Luminance	0.1958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656EE5 #E5DC65

analogous

#65AEE5 #656EE5 #9C65E5

triadic

#656EE5 #E5656E #6EE565

tetradic

#656EE5 #E565AE #E5DC65 #65E59C

square

#656EE5 #E565AE #E5DC65 #65E59C

split-complementary

#656EE5 #E59C65 #AEE565

monochromatic

#1E28B2 #313DDC #656EE5 #999FEE #CED1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#656EE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#656EE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #656EE5

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656EE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##656EE5	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A80E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B75E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C899F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656ee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.178 276.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b97ee',
    500: '#656ee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656ee5;
$custom-light: #9b97ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656ee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.781,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5925,
    "c": 0.17767,
    "h": 276.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656EE5

secondary

#E9E6BD

accent

#C612D3

background

#FAF9FE

surface

#F3F2FD

border

#CDCCD5

text

#0F0D16

muted

#7F7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #656EE5

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

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