#5550E8#5550E8

#5550E8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.222 H 277.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5550E8
RGB	rgb(85, 80, 232)
HSL	hsl(242, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(242, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 65.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.50, 46.66, -76.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.50, 89.38, 301.47°)
OKLab	oklab(53.24% 0.0278 -0.2198)
OKLCH	oklch(53.24% 0.222 277.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.1757, 13.4931, 77.8168)
Luminance	0.1349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5550E8 #E3E850

analogous

#5097E8 #5550E8 #A150E8

triadic

#5550E8 #E85550 #50E855

tetradic

#5550E8 #E85097 #E3E850 #50E8A1

square

#5550E8 #E85097 #E3E850 #50E8A1

split-complementary

#5550E8 #E8A150 #97E850

monochromatic

#1B16A8 #231DDE #5550E8 #8A86EF #BEBCF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#5550E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#5550E8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5550E8

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5550E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5550E8	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5550e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 80, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.222 277.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9582f0',
    500: '#5550e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5550e8;
$custom-light: #9582f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5550e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.974,
    "s": 76.768,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53237,
    "c": 0.2216,
    "h": 277.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5550E8

secondary

#E5E6AD

accent

#D90DD2

background

#FAF8FE

surface

#F3EFFD

border

#CDCAD5

text

#0F0A17

muted

#7F7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5550E8

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

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