#5556E5#5556E5

#5556E5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.211 H 276.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5556E5
RGBrgb(85, 86, 229)
HSLhsl(240, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(240, 63%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(62.9%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(44.58, 42.17, -72.77)
CIE-LCHlch(44.58, 84.10, 300.10°)
OKLaboklab(53.95% 0.0234 -0.2097)
OKLCHoklch(53.95% 0.211 276.4)
XYZxyz(21.2124, 14.2423, 75.7447)
Luminance0.1424 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5556E5 #E5E455
analogous
#559EE5 #5556E5 #9C55E5
triadic
#5556E5 #E55556 #56E555
tetradic
#5556E5 #E5559E #E5E455 #55E59C
square
#5556E5 #E5559E #E5E455 #55E59C
split-complementary
#5556E5 #E59C55 #9EE555
monochromatic
#191AA6 #2223DB #5556E5 #8A8BED #BFC0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46
#5556E5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85
#5556E5 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5556E5
5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5556E5#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##5556E51.005.463.855.46
#FFFFFF5.461.0021.001.00
#0000003.8521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.461.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0070EA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0063E2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#007A96
Achromatopsia (no color)
#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5556e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.211 276.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9486ee',
    500: '#5556e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5556e5;
$custom-light: #9486ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5556e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.583,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53949,
    "c": 0.21097,
    "h": 276.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5556E5
secondary
#E6E5B0
accent
#D410D6
background
#F9F8FE
surface
#F2EFFD
border
#CCCAD5
text
#0F0B17
muted
#7E7C85

Preview Lab

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#5556E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva