#5656E6#5656E6

#5656E6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.212 H 276.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5656E6
RGB	rgb(86, 86, 230)
HSL	hsl(240, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(240, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 62.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.72, 42.64, -73.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.72, 84.62, 300.26°)
OKLab	oklab(54.1% 0.0245 -0.2106)
OKLCH	oklch(54.1% 0.212 276.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.4438, 14.3454, 76.4865)
Luminance	0.1435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5656E6 #E6E656

analogous

#569EE6 #5656E6 #9E56E6

triadic

#5656E6 #E65656 #56E656

tetradic

#5656E6 #E6569E #E6E656 #56E69E

square

#5656E6 #E6569E #E6E656 #56E69E

split-complementary

#5656E6 #E69E56 #9EE656

monochromatic

#1919A9 #2121DE #5656E6 #8B8BEE #C1C1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#5656E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#5656E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5656E6

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5656E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5656E6	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5656e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 86, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.212 276.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9586ef',
    500: '#5656e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5656e6;
$custom-light: #9586ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5656e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54098,
    "c": 0.21201,
    "h": 276.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5656E6

secondary

#E6E6B1

accent

#D60FD6

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0F0B17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5656E6

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

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