#5542E1#5542E1

#5542E1 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.228 H 279.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5542E1
RGB	rgb(85, 66, 225)
HSL	hsl(247, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(247, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 70.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.02, 52.33, -77.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.02, 93.89, 303.87°)
OKLab	oklab(50.55% 0.0389 -0.2249)
OKLCH	oklch(50.55% 0.228 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.2808, 11.2625, 72.3774)
Luminance	0.1126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5542E1 #CEE142

analogous

#427EE1 #5542E1 #A542E1

triadic

#5542E1 #E15542 #42E155

tetradic

#5542E1 #E1427E #CEE142 #42E1A5

square

#5542E1 #E1427E #CEE142 #42E1A5

split-complementary

#5542E1 #E1A542 #7EE142

monochromatic

#261792 #331FC6 #5542E1 #8577E9 #B4ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#5542E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#5542E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5542E1

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5542E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5542E1	1.00	6.46	3.25	6.46
#FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5542e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 66, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.228 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9579ec',
    500: '#5542e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5542e1;
$custom-light: #9579ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5542e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.17,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5055,
    "c": 0.22823,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5542E1

secondary

#D8E09F

accent

#EF38D9

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F3EDFD

border

#CDC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5542E1

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

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