#556CE9#556CE9

#556CE9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.190 H 271.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#556CE9
RGB	rgb(85, 108, 233)
HSL	hsl(231, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(231, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 53.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.14, 30.11, -65.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.14, 72.52, 294.53°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% 0.0047 -0.1895)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.19 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8119, 18.5375, 79.3982)
Luminance	0.1854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#556CE9 #E9D255

analogous

#55B6E9 #556CE9 #8855E9

triadic

#556CE9 #E9556C #6CE955

tetradic

#556CE9 #E955B6 #E9D255 #55E988

square

#556CE9 #E955B6 #E9D255 #55E988

split-complementary

#556CE9 #E98855 #B6E955

monochromatic

#162EAD #1F3DE2 #556CE9 #8B9BF0 #C1CAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#556CE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#556CE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #556CE9

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##556CE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##556CE9	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F7EED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #556ce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 108, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.190 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9395f1',
    500: '#556ce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #556ce9;
$custom-light: #9395f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#556ce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.676,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58169,
    "c": 0.18957,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#556CE9

secondary

#E8E0B2

accent

#B90CD9

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D17

muted

#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #556CE9

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

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