#656FAE#656FAE

#656FAE is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.098 H 275.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656FAE
RGB	rgb(101, 111, 174)
HSL	hsl(232, 31%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(232, 42%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 36.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.50, 12.73, -34.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.50, 37.06, 290.10°)
OKLab	oklab(56.07% 0.0101 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(56.07% 0.098 275.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.6890, 17.1907, 42.3696)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656FAE #AEA465

analogous

#6594AE #656FAE #8065AE

triadic

#656FAE #AE656F #6FAE65

tetradic

#656FAE #AE6594 #AEA465 #65AE80

square

#656FAE #AE6594 #AEA465 #65AE80

split-complementary

#656FAE #AE8065 #94AE65

monochromatic

#353B64 #4A538C #656FAE #8D95C3 #B5BAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#656FAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#656FAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656FAE

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656FAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656FAE	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5976B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5470AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E7C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656fae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 111, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.098 275.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9498c6',
    500: '#656fae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656fae;
$custom-light: #9498c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656fae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.781,
    "s": 31.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56074,
    "c": 0.09826,
    "h": 275.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656FAE

secondary

#C7C3A8

accent

#B961C7

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F2F2F8

border

#CCCCD1

text

#0D0D13

muted

#7E7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #656FAE

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

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