#557EDE#557EDE

#557EDE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.153 H 264.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557EDE
RGB	rgb(85, 126, 222)
HSL	hsl(222, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(222, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 43.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.16, 15.31, -53.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.16, 55.50, 286.01°)
OKLab	oklab(61% -0.0137 -0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(61% 0.153 264.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3874, 22.1248, 72.0784)
Luminance	0.2213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557EDE #DEB555

analogous

#55C2DE #557EDE #7055DE

triadic

#557EDE #DE557E #7EDE55

tetradic

#557EDE #DE55C2 #DEB555 #55DE70

square

#557EDE #DE55C2 #DEB555 #55DE70

split-complementary

#557EDE #DE7055 #C2DE55

monochromatic

#1E439B #285ACE #557EDE #88A5E8 #BCCCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#557EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#557EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #557EDE

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##557EDE	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5288E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D7CDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0094A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 126, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.153 264.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91a2e9',
    500: '#557ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557ede;
$custom-light: #91a2e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.044,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61004,
    "c": 0.15274,
    "h": 264.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557EDE

secondary

#E2D2AD

accent

#9816CF

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0F16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #557EDE

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

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