#5955C8#5955C8

#5955C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.174 H 280.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5955C8
RGB	rgb(89, 85, 200)
HSL	hsl(242, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(242, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 57.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.44, 34.10, -59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.44, 68.69, 299.76°)
OKLab	oklab(51.77% 0.0301 -0.1709)
OKLCH	oklch(51.77% 0.174 280)
XYZ	xyz(17.7904, 12.7898, 56.1636)
Luminance	0.1279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5955C8 #C4C855

analogous

#558AC8 #5955C8 #9255C8

triadic

#5955C8 #C85955 #55C859

tetradic

#5955C8 #C8558A #C4C855 #55C892

square

#5955C8 #C8558A #C4C855 #55C892

split-complementary

#5955C8 #C89255 #8AC855

monochromatic

#2B287B #3B37A9 #5955C8 #8683D7 #B3B1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#5955C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#5955C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5955C8

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5955C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5955C8	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#217086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5955c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 85, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.174 280.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9185d9',
    500: '#5955c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5955c8;
$custom-light: #9185d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5955c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.087,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51767,
    "c": 0.17358,
    "h": 280
  },
  "luminance": 0.12791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5955C8

secondary

#D3D4A5

accent

#DB4DD6

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F2EFFB

border

#CCCAD4

text

#0E0B15

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5955C8

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

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