#5542E2#5542E2

#5542E2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.229 H 279.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5542E2
RGB	rgb(85, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(247, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(247, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.11, 52.63, -78.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.11, 94.41, 303.88°)
OKLab	oklab(50.64% 0.0387 -0.2261)
OKLCH	oklch(50.64% 0.229 279.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.4176, 11.3172, 73.0979)
Luminance	0.1132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5542E2 #CFE242

analogous

#427FE2 #5542E2 #A542E2

triadic

#5542E2 #E25542 #42E255

tetradic

#5542E2 #E2427F #CFE242 #42E2A5

square

#5542E2 #E2427F #CFE242 #42E2A5

split-complementary

#5542E2 #E2A542 #7FE242

monochromatic

#251793 #331FC8 #5542E2 #8577EA #B4ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#5542E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#5542E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5542E2

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5542E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5542E2	1.00	6.43	3.26	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5542e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.229 279.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9579ec',
    500: '#5542e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5542e2;
$custom-light: #9579ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5542e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.125,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50642,
    "c": 0.22941,
    "h": 279.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5542E2

secondary

#D9E09F

accent

#F038DA

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F3EDFD

border

#CDC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5542E2

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

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