#5955E5#5955E5

#5955E5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.211 H 277.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5955E5
RGB	rgb(89, 85, 229)
HSL	hsl(242, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(242, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.63, 43.36, -72.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.63, 84.63, 300.82°)
OKLab	oklab(54.06% 0.029 -0.2093)
OKLCH	oklch(54.06% 0.211 277.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5066, 14.2763, 75.7358)
Luminance	0.1428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5955E5 #E1E555

analogous

#5599E5 #5955E5 #A155E5

triadic

#5955E5 #E55955 #55E559

tetradic

#5955E5 #E55599 #E1E555 #55E5A1

square

#5955E5 #E55599 #E1E555 #55E5A1

split-complementary

#5955E5 #E5A155 #99E555

monochromatic

#1D19A6 #2722DB #5955E5 #8D8AED #C1BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#5955E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#5955E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5955E5

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5955E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5955E5	1.00	5.45	3.86	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5955e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 85, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.211 277.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9685ee',
    500: '#5955e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5955e5;
$custom-light: #9685ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5955e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.667,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54055,
    "c": 0.21129,
    "h": 277.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5955E5

secondary

#E4E6B0

accent

#D610D0

background

#FAF8FE

surface

#F3EFFD

border

#CDCAD5

text

#0F0B17

muted

#7F7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5955E5

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

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