#5656E0#5656E0

#5656E0 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.204 H 277.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5656E0
RGB	rgb(86, 86, 224)
HSL	hsl(240, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(240, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 61.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.25, 40.70, -70.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.25, 81.37, 300.01°)
OKLab	oklab(53.61% 0.0249 -0.2029)
OKLCH	oklch(53.61% 0.204 277)
XYZ	xyz(20.6157, 14.0142, 72.1252)
Luminance	0.1402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5656E0 #E0E056

analogous

#569BE0 #5656E0 #9B56E0

triadic

#5656E0 #E05656 #56E056

tetradic

#5656E0 #E0569B #E0E056 #56E09B

square

#5656E0 #E0569B #E0E056 #56E09B

split-complementary

#5656E0 #E09B56 #9BE056

monochromatic

#1D1D9F #2727D2 #5656E0 #8A8AE9 #BDBDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#5656E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#5656E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5656E0

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5656E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5656E0	1.00	5.52	3.80	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5656e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 86, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.204 277.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9386eb',
    500: '#5656e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5656e0;
$custom-light: #9386eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5656e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53606,
    "c": 0.20438,
    "h": 277
  },
  "luminance": 0.14016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5656E0

secondary

#E3E3AF

accent

#D115D1

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5656E0

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

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