#5656B8#5656B8

#5656B8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.151 H 279.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5656B8
RGB	rgb(86, 86, 184)
HSL	hsl(240, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(240, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 53.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.36, 27.75, -52.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.36, 59.00, 298.05°)
OKLab	oklab(50.56% 0.025 -0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(50.56% 0.151 279.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.8146, 12.0937, 46.8391)
Luminance	0.1210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5656B8 #B8B856

analogous

#5687B8 #5656B8 #8756B8

triadic

#5656B8 #B85656 #56B856

tetradic

#5656B8 #B85687 #B8B856 #56B887

square

#5656B8 #B85687 #B8B856 #56B887

split-complementary

#5656B8 #B88756 #87B856

monochromatic

#2C2C68 #3E3E93 #5656B8 #8181CA #ACACDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#5656B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#5656B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5656B8

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5656B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5656B8	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F65BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#105EB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B6C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5656b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 86, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.151 279.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d85ce',
    500: '#5656b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5656b8;
$custom-light: #8d85ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5656b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 40.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50555,
    "c": 0.15088,
    "h": 279.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5656B8

secondary

#CACAA0

accent

#D157D1

background

#F9F8FC

surface

#F1EFF9

border

#CBCAD2

text

#0D0B14

muted

#7E7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5656B8

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

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