#5656E2#5656E2

#5656E2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.207 H 276.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5656E2
RGB	rgb(86, 86, 226)
HSL	hsl(240, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(240, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 61.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.41, 41.35, -71.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.41, 82.46, 300.10°)
OKLab	oklab(53.77% 0.0248 -0.2054)
OKLCH	oklch(53.77% 0.207 276.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.8886, 14.1233, 73.5621)
Luminance	0.1412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5656E2 #E2E256

analogous

#569CE2 #5656E2 #9C56E2

triadic

#5656E2 #E25656 #56E256

tetradic

#5656E2 #E2569C #E2E256 #56E29C

square

#5656E2 #E2569C #E2E256 #56E29C

split-complementary

#5656E2 #E29C56 #9CE256

monochromatic

#1C1CA2 #2525D6 #5656E2 #8A8AEB #BEBEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#5656E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#5656E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5656E2

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5656E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5656E2	1.00	5.49	3.82	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5656e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 86, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.207 276.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9486ec',
    500: '#5656e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5656e2;
$custom-light: #9486ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5656e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53769,
    "c": 0.20694,
    "h": 276.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5656E2

secondary

#E4E4B0

accent

#D313D3

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5656E2

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

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