#5656CC#5656CC

#5656CC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.178 H 278.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5656CC
RGB	rgb(86, 86, 204)
HSL	hsl(240, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(240, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 57.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.75, 34.22, -61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.75, 70.34, 299.11°)
OKLab	oklab(52.03% 0.0255 -0.1764)
OKLCH	oklch(52.03% 0.178 278.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.0612, 12.9924, 58.6711)
Luminance	0.1299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5656CC #CCCC56

analogous

#5691CC #5656CC #9156CC

triadic

#5656CC #CC5656 #56CC56

tetradic

#5656CC #CC5691 #CCCC56 #56CC91

square

#5656CC #CC5691 #CCCC56 #56CC91

split-complementary

#5656CC #CC9156 #91CC56

monochromatic

#272781 #3535B0 #5656CC #8585DA #B4B4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#5656CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#5656CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5656CC

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5656CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5656CC	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#067289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5656cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 86, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.178 278.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9086dc',
    500: '#5656cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5656cc;
$custom-light: #9086dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5656cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52028,
    "c": 0.17823,
    "h": 278.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5656CC

secondary

#D7D7A7

accent

#DD4BDD

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F2EFFB

border

#CCCAD4

text

#0E0B15

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5656CC

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

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