#5542C8#5542C8

#5542C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.198 H 282.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5542C8
RGB	rgb(85, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(249, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(249, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.84, 44.69, -67.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.84, 80.66, 303.65°)
OKLab	oklab(48.32% 0.0429 -0.1932)
OKLCH	oklch(48.32% 0.198 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.1166, 9.9968, 55.7127)
Luminance	0.1000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5542C8 #B5C842

analogous

#4272C8 #5542C8 #9842C8

triadic

#5542C8 #C85542 #42C855

tetradic

#5542C8 #C84272 #B5C842 #42C898

square

#5542C8 #C84272 #B5C842 #42C898

split-complementary

#5542C8 #C89842 #72C842

monochromatic

#2C206F #3E2E9F #5542C8 #8071D6 #AAA1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#5542C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#5542C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5542C8

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5542C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5542C8	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13657F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5542c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.198 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9078da',
    500: '#5542c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5542c8;
$custom-light: #9078da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5542c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.507,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48318,
    "c": 0.19793,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5542C8

secondary

#C8D096

accent

#DE4AC9

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5542C8

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

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