#556DC2#556DC2

#556DC2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.135 H 269.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#556DC2
RGB	rgb(85, 109, 194)
HSL	hsl(227, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(227, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 43.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.96, 16.41, -47.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.96, 50.08, 289.13°)
OKLab	oklab(55.73% -0.0006 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(55.73% 0.135 269.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.9493, 16.7622, 53.2653)
Luminance	0.1676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#556DC2 #C2AA55

analogous

#55A4C2 #556DC2 #7455C2

triadic

#556DC2 #C2556D #6DC255

tetradic

#556DC2 #C255A4 #C2AA55 #55C274

square

#556DC2 #C255A4 #C2AA55 #55C274

split-complementary

#556DC2 #C27455 #A4C255

monochromatic

#293A73 #3A50A0 #556DC2 #8294D2 #AFBAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#556DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#556DC2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #556DC2

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##556DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##556DC2	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4877C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A6DC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12808E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #556dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 109, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.135 269.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d96d5',
    500: '#556dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #556dc2;
$custom-light: #8d96d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#556dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.789,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55731,
    "c": 0.13462,
    "h": 269.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#556DC2

secondary

#D0C6A2

accent

#B951D7

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0D0D14

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #556DC2

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

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