#656EE6#656EE6

#656EE6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.179 H 276.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656EE6
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 230)
HSL	hsl(236, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(236, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 52.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.42, 30.71, -62.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.42, 69.36, 296.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.32% 0.0195 -0.1779)
OKLCH	oklch(59.32% 0.179 276.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2211, 19.6300, 77.3075)
Luminance	0.1963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656EE6 #E6DD65

analogous

#65AEE6 #656EE6 #9D65E6

triadic

#656EE6 #E6656E #6EE665

tetradic

#656EE6 #E665AE #E6DD65 #65E69D

square

#656EE6 #E665AE #E6DD65 #65E69D

split-complementary

#656EE6 #E69D65 #AEE665

monochromatic

#1D28B3 #303CDD #656EE6 #9AA0EF #CED1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#656EE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#656EE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #656EE6

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656EE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##656EE6	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2980EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0575E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19899F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656ee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.179 276.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b97ef',
    500: '#656ee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656ee6;
$custom-light: #9b97ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656ee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.814,
    "s": 72.067,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59318,
    "c": 0.17901,
    "h": 276.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656EE6

secondary

#E9E6BD

accent

#C711D4

background

#FAF9FE

surface

#F4F2FD

border

#CECCD5

text

#0F0D16

muted

#7F7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #656EE6

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

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