#556DE8#556DE8

#556DE8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.187 H 271.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#556DE8
RGB	rgb(85, 109, 232)
HSL	hsl(230, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(230, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 53%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.33, 29.15, -65.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.33, 71.35, 294.12°)
OKLab	oklab(58.29% 0.0037 -0.187)
OKLCH	oklch(58.29% 0.187 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7755, 18.6927, 78.6834)
Luminance	0.1870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#556DE8 #E8D055

analogous

#55B7E8 #556DE8 #8755E8

triadic

#556DE8 #E8556D #6DE855

tetradic

#556DE8 #E855B7 #E8D055 #55E887

square

#556DE8 #E855B7 #E8D055 #55E887

split-complementary

#556DE8 #E88755 #B7E855

monochromatic

#172FAB #1F3FE1 #556DE8 #8B9BEF #C1CAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#556DE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#556DE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #556DE8

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##556DE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##556DE8	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#197FEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #556de8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 109, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.187 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9396f0',
    500: '#556de8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #556de8;
$custom-light: #9396f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#556de8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.204,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58286,
    "c": 0.18701,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#556DE8

secondary

#E7DFB1

accent

#B70DD8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0D17

muted

#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #556DE8

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

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