#5559E6#5559E6

#5559E6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.209 H 275.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5559E6
RGB	rgb(85, 89, 230)
HSL	hsl(238, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(238, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 61.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.34, 40.70, -72.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.34, 82.79, 299.45°)
OKLab	oklab(54.53% 0.021 -0.2076)
OKLCH	oklch(54.53% 0.209 275.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.5969, 14.7874, 76.5637)
Luminance	0.1479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5559E6 #E6E255

analogous

#55A2E6 #5559E6 #9A55E6

triadic

#5559E6 #E65559 #59E655

tetradic

#5559E6 #E655A2 #E6E255 #55E69A

square

#5559E6 #E655A2 #E6E255 #55E69A

split-complementary

#5559E6 #E69A55 #A2E655

monochromatic

#191DA8 #2126DD #5559E6 #8A8DEE #C0C1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#5559E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#5559E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5559E6

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5559E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5559E6	1.00	5.31	3.96	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0065E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5559e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 89, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.209 275.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9488ef',
    500: '#5559e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5559e6;
$custom-light: #9488ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5559e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.345,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54533,
    "c": 0.2087,
    "h": 275.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5559E6

secondary

#E6E5B1

accent

#D10FD6

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2F0FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0F0B17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5559E6

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

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