#56559B#56559B

#56559B is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.110 H 282.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56559B
RGB	rgb(86, 85, 155)
HSL	hsl(241, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(241, 45%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 45.2%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.31, 19.21, -38.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.31, 42.73, 296.71°)
OKLab	oklab(48.43% 0.0232 -0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(48.43% 0.11 282.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.0009, 10.8414, 32.4116)
Luminance	0.1084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56559B #9A9B55

analogous

#55779B #56559B #79559B

triadic

#56559B #9B5655 #559B56

tetradic

#56559B #9B5577 #9A9B55 #559B79

square

#56559B #9B5577 #9A9B55 #559B79

split-complementary

#56559B #9B7955 #779B55

monochromatic

#2A2A4C #403F73 #56559B #7978B5 #A0A0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.63

#56559B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#56559B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56559B

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56559B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56559B	1.00	6.63	3.17	6.63
#FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A5F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#375A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#406370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56559b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 85, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.110 282.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8984b9',
    500: '#56559b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56559b;
$custom-light: #8984b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56559b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.857,
    "s": 29.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48431,
    "c": 0.11045,
    "h": 282.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56559B

secondary

#B8B894

accent

#C562C4

background

#F8F8FB

surface

#F0EFF6

border

#CBCAD0

text

#0C0B11

muted

#7D7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #56559B

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

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