#5656E3#5656E3

#5656E3 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.208 H 276.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5656E3
RGB	rgb(86, 86, 227)
HSL	hsl(240, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(240, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 62.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.49, 41.67, -71.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.49, 83.00, 300.14°)
OKLab	oklab(53.85% 0.0247 -0.2067)
OKLCH	oklch(53.85% 0.208 276.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.0262, 14.1784, 74.2868)
Luminance	0.1418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5656E3 #E3E356

analogous

#569DE3 #5656E3 #9D56E3

triadic

#5656E3 #E35656 #56E356

tetradic

#5656E3 #E3569D #E3E356 #56E39D

square

#5656E3 #E3569D #E3E356 #56E39D

split-complementary

#5656E3 #E39D56 #9DE356

monochromatic

#1B1BA4 #2424D8 #5656E3 #8B8BEC #BFBFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#5656E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#5656E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5656E3

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5656E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5656E3	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5656e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 86, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.208 276.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9486ed',
    500: '#5656e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5656e3;
$custom-light: #9486ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5656e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53851,
    "c": 0.20821,
    "h": 276.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5656E3

secondary

#E5E5B0

accent

#D412D4

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5656E3

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

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