#5656E4#5656E4

#5656E4 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.209 H 276.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5656E4
RGB	rgb(86, 86, 228)
HSL	hsl(240, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(240, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 62.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.57, 42.00, -72.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.57, 83.54, 300.18°)
OKLab	oklab(53.93% 0.0246 -0.208)
OKLCH	oklch(53.93% 0.209 276.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.1646, 14.2337, 75.0158)
Luminance	0.1424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5656E4 #E4E456

analogous

#569DE4 #5656E4 #9D56E4

triadic

#5656E4 #E45656 #56E456

tetradic

#5656E4 #E4569D #E4E456 #56E49D

square

#5656E4 #E4569D #E4E456 #56E49D

split-complementary

#5656E4 #E49D56 #9DE456

monochromatic

#1A1AA5 #2323DA #5656E4 #8B8BEC #C0C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#5656E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#5656E4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5656E4

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5656E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5656E4	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5656e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 86, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.209 276.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9486ee',
    500: '#5656e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5656e4;
$custom-light: #9486ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5656e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53933,
    "c": 0.20948,
    "h": 276.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5656E4

secondary

#E5E5B0

accent

#D511D5

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0F0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5656E4

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

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