#5856C8#5856C8

#5856C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.172 H 279.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5856C8
RGB	rgb(88, 86, 200)
HSL	hsl(241, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(241, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 57%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.61, 33.29, -59.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.61, 68.06, 299.29°)
OKLab	oklab(51.87% 0.0279 -0.1702)
OKLCH	oklch(51.87% 0.172 279.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.7743, 12.8992, 56.1856)
Luminance	0.1290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5856C8 #C6C856

analogous

#568DC8 #5856C8 #9156C8

triadic

#5856C8 #C85856 #56C858

tetradic

#5856C8 #C8568D #C6C856 #56C891

square

#5856C8 #C8568D #C6C856 #56C891

split-complementary

#5856C8 #C89156 #8DC856

monochromatic

#2A287B #3937AA #5856C8 #8684D7 #B3B2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#5856C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#5856C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5856C8

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5856C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5856C8	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D7186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5856c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(88, 86, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.172 279.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9186d9',
    500: '#5856c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5856c8;
$custom-light: #9186d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5856c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 88,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.053,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51871,
    "c": 0.17246,
    "h": 279.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5856C8

secondary

#D4D4A5

accent

#DA4DD8

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F2EFFB

border

#CCCAD4

text

#0E0B15

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5856C8

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

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