#556CE8#556CE8

#556CE8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.188 H 271.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#556CE8
RGB	rgb(85, 108, 232)
HSL	hsl(231, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(231, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 53.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.07, 29.77, -65.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.07, 71.97, 294.43°)
OKLab	oklab(58.1% 0.0046 -0.1882)
OKLCH	oklch(58.1% 0.188 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6695, 18.4805, 78.6480)
Luminance	0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#556CE8 #E8D155

analogous

#55B6E8 #556CE8 #8755E8

triadic

#556CE8 #E8556C #6CE855

tetradic

#556CE8 #E855B6 #E8D155 #55E887

square

#556CE8 #E855B6 #E8D155 #55E887

split-complementary

#556CE8 #E88755 #B6E855

monochromatic

#172EAB #1F3DE1 #556CE8 #8B9BEF #C1C9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#556CE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#556CE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #556CE8

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##556CE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##556CE8	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#137EEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0089A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #556ce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 108, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.188 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9395f0',
    500: '#556ce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #556ce8;
$custom-light: #9395f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#556ce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.612,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58096,
    "c": 0.18824,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#556CE8

secondary

#E7DFB1

accent

#B90DD8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D17

muted

#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #556CE8

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

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