#5656E8#5656E8

#5656E8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.215 H 276.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5656E8
RGB	rgb(86, 86, 232)
HSL	hsl(240, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(240, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 62.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.88, 43.29, -73.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.88, 85.70, 300.34°)
OKLab	oklab(54.26% 0.0244 -0.2131)
OKLCH	oklch(54.26% 0.215 276.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.7263, 14.4584, 77.9741)
Luminance	0.1446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5656E8 #E8E856

analogous

#569FE8 #5656E8 #9F56E8

triadic

#5656E8 #E85656 #56E856

tetradic

#5656E8 #E8569F #E8E856 #56E89F

square

#5656E8 #E8569F #E8E856 #56E89F

split-complementary

#5656E8 #E89F56 #9FE856

monochromatic

#1717AC #2020E1 #5656E8 #8C8CEF #C2C2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#5656E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#5656E8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5656E8

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5656E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5656E8	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5656e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 86, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.215 276.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9586f0',
    500: '#5656e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5656e8;
$custom-light: #9586f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5656e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54263,
    "c": 0.21454,
    "h": 276.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5656E8

secondary

#E8E8B2

accent

#D80DD8

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0F0B17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5656E8

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

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