#56517C#56517C

#56517C is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.069 H 288.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56517C
RGB	rgb(86, 81, 124)
HSL	hsl(247, 21%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(247, 35%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 34.7%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.59, 12.60, -23.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.59, 26.76, 298.09°)
OKLab	oklab(45.82% 0.0222 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(45.82% 0.069 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.4173, 9.3183, 20.3146)
Luminance	0.0932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56517C #777C51

analogous

#51617C #56517C #6C517C

triadic

#56517C #7C5651 #517C56

tetradic

#56517C #7C5161 #777C51 #517C6C

square

#56517C #7C5161 #777C51 #517C6C

split-complementary

#56517C #7C6C51 #617C51

monochromatic

#232132 #3C3957 #56517C #716C9F #9591B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#56517C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#56517C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56517C

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56517C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56517C	1.00	7.33	2.86	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45577E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45557B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D5961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56517c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 81, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.069 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8781a2',
    500: '#56517c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56517c;
$custom-light: #8781a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56517c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.977,
    "s": 20.976,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45821,
    "c": 0.06932,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56517C

secondary

#A0A485

accent

#BE6AB4

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEEF3

border

#CAC9CD

text

#0B0A0F

muted

#7C7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56517C

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

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