#5656B2#5656B2

#5656B2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.142 H 280.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5656B2
RGB	rgb(86, 86, 178)
HSL	hsl(240, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(240, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 51.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.97, 25.82, -49.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.97, 55.55, 297.70°)
OKLab	oklab(50.14% 0.0246 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(50.14% 0.142 280)
XYZ	xyz(15.1989, 11.8475, 43.5968)
Luminance	0.1185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5656B2 #B2B256

analogous

#5684B2 #5656B2 #8456B2

triadic

#5656B2 #B25656 #56B256

tetradic

#5656B2 #B25684 #B2B256 #56B284

square

#5656B2 #B25684 #B2B256 #56B284

split-complementary

#5656B2 #B28456 #84B256

monochromatic

#2C2C61 #3F3F8B #5656B2 #8080C5 #AAAAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#5656B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#5656B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5656B2

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5656B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5656B2	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2864B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E5DB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#306A7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5656b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 86, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.142 280.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c85ca',
    500: '#5656b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5656b2;
$custom-light: #8c85ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5656b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 37.398,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50136,
    "c": 0.14243,
    "h": 280
  },
  "luminance": 0.11848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5656B2

secondary

#C6C69E

accent

#CD5ACD

background

#F9F8FC

surface

#F1EFF8

border

#CBCAD1

text

#0D0B13

muted

#7E7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5656B2

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

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