#5656E5#5656E5

#5656E5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.211 H 276.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5656E5
RGB	rgb(86, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(240, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(240, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.65, 42.32, -72.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.65, 84.08, 300.22°)
OKLab	oklab(54.02% 0.0246 -0.2093)
OKLCH	oklch(54.02% 0.211 276.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.3038, 14.2894, 75.7490)
Luminance	0.1429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5656E5 #E5E556

analogous

#569EE5 #5656E5 #9E56E5

triadic

#5656E5 #E55656 #56E556

tetradic

#5656E5 #E5569E #E5E556 #56E59E

square

#5656E5 #E5569E #E5E556 #56E59E

split-complementary

#5656E5 #E59E56 #9EE556

monochromatic

#1A1AA7 #2222DC #5656E5 #8B8BED #C0C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#5656E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#5656E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5656E5

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5656E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5656E5	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5656e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.211 276.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9486ee',
    500: '#5656e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5656e5;
$custom-light: #9486ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5656e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54015,
    "c": 0.21075,
    "h": 276.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5656E5

secondary

#E6E6B1

accent

#D510D5

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0F0B17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5656E5

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

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