#555AE5#555AE5

#555AE5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.206 H 275.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#555AE5
RGBrgb(85, 90, 229)
HSLhsl(238, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(238, 63%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(62.9%, 60.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(45.50, 39.78, -71.27)
CIE-LCHlch(45.50, 81.62, 299.17°)
OKLaboklab(54.62% 0.0202 -0.2052)
OKLCHoklch(54.62% 0.206 275.6)
XYZxyz(21.5407, 14.8990, 75.8542)
Luminance0.1490 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#555AE5 #E5E055
analogous
#55A2E5 #555AE5 #9855E5
triadic
#555AE5 #E5555A #5AE555
tetradic
#555AE5 #E555A2 #E5E055 #55E598
square
#555AE5 #E555A2 #E5E055 #55E598
split-complementary
#555AE5 #E59855 #A2E555
monochromatic
#191EA6 #2228DB #555AE5 #8A8EED #BFC1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28
#555AE5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98
#555AE5 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #555AE5
5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##555AE5#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##555AE51.005.283.985.28
#FFFFFF5.281.0021.001.00
#0000003.9821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.281.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0072EA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0065E2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#007D97
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #555ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 90, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.206 275.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9489ee',
    500: '#555ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #555ae5;
$custom-light: #9489ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#555ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.917,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54622,
    "c": 0.20623,
    "h": 275.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#555AE5
secondary
#E6E4B0
accent
#CF10D6
background
#F9F8FE
surface
#F2F0FD
border
#CCCBD5
text
#0E0B16
muted
#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #555AE5

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#555AE5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva