#557ED6#557ED6

#557ED6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.142 H 263.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557ED6
RGB	rgb(85, 126, 214)
HSL	hsl(221, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(221, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 41.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.71, 12.62, -49.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.71, 51.13, 284.29°)
OKLab	oklab(60.52% -0.0152 -0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(60.52% 0.142 263.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.3406, 21.7060, 66.5650)
Luminance	0.2171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557ED6 #D6AD55

analogous

#55BED6 #557ED6 #6C55D6

triadic

#557ED6 #D6557E #7ED655

tetradic

#557ED6 #D655BE #D6AD55 #55D66C

square

#557ED6 #D655BE #D6AD55 #55D66C

split-complementary

#557ED6 #D66C55 #BED655

monochromatic

#22458E #2E5CC0 #557ED6 #86A3E2 #B8C9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#557ED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#557ED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #557ED6

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557ED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##557ED6	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5787D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#457BD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00929F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557ed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 126, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.142 263.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fa2e3',
    500: '#557ed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557ed6;
$custom-light: #8fa2e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557ed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.93,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60517,
    "c": 0.1418,
    "h": 263.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557ED6

secondary

#DDCDAA

accent

#B144E4

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F2FB

border

#CCCCD4

text

#0D0F15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #557ED6

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

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