#656F7E#656F7E

#656F7E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.026 H 258.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656F7E
RGB	rgb(101, 111, 126)
HSL	hsl(216, 11%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(216, 20%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 11.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.50, -0.31, -9.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.50, 9.56, 268.16°)
OKLab	oklab(53.86% -0.0053 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(53.86% 0.026 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.8162, 15.6416, 21.9731)
Luminance	0.1564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656F7E #7E7465

analogous

#657C7E #656F7E #68657E

triadic

#656F7E #7E656F #6F7E65

tetradic

#656F7E #7E657C #7E7465 #657E68

square

#656F7E #7E657C #7E7465 #657E68

split-complementary

#656F7E #7E6865 #7C7E65

monochromatic

#2F333A #4A515C #656F7E #848E9C #A6ADB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#656F7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#656F7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656F7E

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656F7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656F7E	1.00	5.09	4.13	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A707F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686D7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F7274

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656f7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 111, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.026 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9198a3',
    500: '#656f7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656f7e;
$custom-light: #9198a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656f7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 11.013,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53861,
    "c": 0.02647,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656F7E

secondary

#A7A198

accent

#9A74B4

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F3

border

#CBCCCD

text

#0C0D0F

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #656F7E

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

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