#56517D#56517D

#56517D is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.071 H 288.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56517D
RGB	rgb(86, 81, 125)
HSL	hsl(247, 21%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(247, 35%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 35.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.64, 12.88, -24.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.64, 27.37, 298.07°)
OKLab	oklab(45.87% 0.0225 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(45.87% 0.071 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.4809, 9.3437, 20.6494)
Luminance	0.0934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56517D #787D51

analogous

#51627D #56517D #6C517D

triadic

#56517D #7D5651 #517D56

tetradic

#56517D #7D5162 #787D51 #517D6C

square

#56517D #7D5162 #787D51 #517D6C

split-complementary

#56517D #7D6C51 #627D51

monochromatic

#232133 #3C3958 #56517D #726CA0 #9591B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.32

#56517D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#56517D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56517D

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56517D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56517D	1.00	7.32	2.87	7.32
#FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45577F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44557C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D5961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56517d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 81, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.071 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8781a3',
    500: '#56517d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56517d;
$custom-light: #8781a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56517d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.818,
    "s": 21.359,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45874,
    "c": 0.07089,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56517D

secondary

#A1A585

accent

#BE6AB4

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEEF3

border

#CAC9CD

text

#0B0A0F

muted

#7C7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56517D

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

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