#5656C9#5656C9

#5656C9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.174 H 278.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5656C9
RGB	rgb(86, 86, 201)
HSL	hsl(240, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(240, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 57.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.54, 33.24, -60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.54, 68.66, 298.96°)
OKLab	oklab(51.8% 0.0255 -0.1723)
OKLCH	oklch(51.8% 0.174 278.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.7048, 12.8498, 56.7943)
Luminance	0.1285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5656C9 #C9C956

analogous

#5690C9 #5656C9 #9056C9

triadic

#5656C9 #C95656 #56C956

tetradic

#5656C9 #C95690 #C9C956 #56C990

square

#5656C9 #C95690 #C9C956 #56C990

split-complementary

#5656C9 #C99056 #90C956

monochromatic

#28287D #3737AB #5656C9 #8484D8 #B3B3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#5656C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#5656C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5656C9

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5656C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5656C9	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#107187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5656c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 86, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.174 278.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9085da',
    500: '#5656c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5656c9;
$custom-light: #9085da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5656c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.518,
    "c": 0.1742,
    "h": 278.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5656C9

secondary

#D5D5A6

accent

#DB4DDB

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F2EFFB

border

#CCCAD4

text

#0D0B15

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5656C9

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

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