#5656FF#5656FF

#5656FF is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.243 H 275.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5656FF
RGB	rgb(86, 86, 255)
HSL	hsl(240, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(240, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 66.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.78, 50.65, -83.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.78, 97.88, 301.17°)
OKLab	oklab(56.23% 0.0223 -0.2418)
OKLCH	oklch(56.23% 0.243 275.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2096, 15.8517, 96.3195)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5656FF #FFFF56

analogous

#56ABFF #5656FF #AB56FF

triadic

#5656FF #FF5656 #56FF56

tetradic

#5656FF #FF56AB #FFFF56 #56FFAB

square

#5656FF #FF56AB #FFFF56 #56FFAB

split-complementary

#5656FF #FFAB56 #ABFF56

monochromatic

#0000DB #1919FF #5656FF #9393FF #D0D0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#5656FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#5656FF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5656FF

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5656FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5656FF	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0083A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5656ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 86, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.243 275.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9986ff',
    500: '#5656ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5656ff;
$custom-light: #9986ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5656ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56226,
    "c": 0.24285,
    "h": 275.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5656FF

secondary

#F3F3BD

accent

#E600E5

background

#FAF8FF

surface

#F4EFFF

border

#CECAD7

text

#100B18

muted

#7F7C86

Preview Lab

Preview with #5656FF

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

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