#556FE8#556FE8

#556FE8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.185 H 270.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#556FE8
RGB	rgb(85, 111, 232)
HSL	hsl(229, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(229, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 52.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.83, 27.92, -64.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.83, 70.10, 293.47°)
OKLab	oklab(58.67% 0.0019 -0.1845)
OKLCH	oklch(58.67% 0.185 270.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9913, 19.1243, 78.7553)
Luminance	0.1913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#556FE8 #E8CE55

analogous

#55B8E8 #556FE8 #8555E8

triadic

#556FE8 #E8556F #6FE855

tetradic

#556FE8 #E855B8 #E8CE55 #55E885

square

#556FE8 #E855B8 #E8CE55 #55E885

split-complementary

#556FE8 #E88555 #B8E855

monochromatic

#1731AB #1F41E1 #556FE8 #8B9DEF #C1CAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#556FE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#556FE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #556FE8

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##556FE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##556FE8	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2280EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #556fe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 111, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.185 270.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9398f0',
    500: '#556fe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #556fe8;
$custom-light: #9398f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#556fe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.388,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58667,
    "c": 0.18455,
    "h": 270.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#556FE8

secondary

#E7DEB1

accent

#B40DD8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0D17

muted

#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #556FE8

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

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