#5552C8#5552C8

#5552C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.178 H 279.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5552C8
RGB	rgb(85, 82, 200)
HSL	hsl(242, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(242, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 59%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.43, 35.19, -61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.43, 70.68, 299.86°)
OKLab	oklab(50.94% 0.0283 -0.176)
OKLCH	oklch(50.94% 0.178 279.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.1856, 12.1348, 56.0690)
Luminance	0.1214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5552C8 #C5C852

analogous

#528AC8 #5552C8 #9052C8

triadic

#5552C8 #C85552 #52C855

tetradic

#5552C8 #C8528A #C5C852 #52C890

square

#5552C8 #C8528A #C5C852 #52C890

split-complementary

#5552C8 #C89052 #8AC852

monochromatic

#292779 #3835A8 #5552C8 #8380D7 #B0AFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#5552C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#5552C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5552C8

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5552C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5552C8	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E6E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5552c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 82, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.178 279.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f83da',
    500: '#5552c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5552c8;
$custom-light: #8f83da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5552c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.525,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5094,
    "c": 0.17821,
    "h": 279.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5552C8

secondary

#D2D4A2

accent

#DB4DD8

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F2EFFB

border

#CCCAD4

text

#0D0A15

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5552C8

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

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