#5555E5#5555E5

#5555E5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.212 H 276.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5555E5
RGBrgb(85, 85, 229)
HSLhsl(240, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(240, 63%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(62.9%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(44.35, 42.77, -73.14)
CIE-LCHlch(44.35, 84.72, 300.32°)
OKLaboklab(53.78% 0.0242 -0.2107)
OKLCHoklch(53.78% 0.212 276.6)
XYZxyz(21.1331, 14.0837, 75.7183)
Luminance0.1409 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5555E5 #E5E555
analogous
#559DE5 #5555E5 #9D55E5
triadic
#5555E5 #E55555 #55E555
tetradic
#5555E5 #E5559D #E5E555 #55E59D
square
#5555E5 #E5559D #E5E555 #55E59D
split-complementary
#5555E5 #E59D55 #9DE555
monochromatic
#1919A6 #2222DB #5555E5 #8A8AED #BFBFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50
#5555E5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82
#5555E5 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5555E5
5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5555E5#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##5555E51.005.503.825.50
#FFFFFF5.501.0021.001.00
#0000003.8221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.501.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#006FEA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0063E2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#007A95
Achromatopsia (no color)
#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5555e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 85, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.212 276.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9485ee',
    500: '#5555e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5555e5;
$custom-light: #9485ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5555e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53784,
    "c": 0.21214,
    "h": 276.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5555E5
secondary
#E6E6B0
accent
#D610D6
background
#F9F8FE
surface
#F2EFFD
border
#CCCAD5
text
#0F0B17
muted
#7E7C85

Preview Lab

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#5555E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva