#5955E6#5955E6

#5955E6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.213 H 277.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5955E6
RGB	rgb(89, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(242, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(242, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.71, 43.68, -73.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.71, 85.17, 300.86°)
OKLab	oklab(54.14% 0.0289 -0.2106)
OKLCH	oklch(54.14% 0.213 277.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.6467, 14.3323, 76.4733)
Luminance	0.1433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5955E6 #E2E655

analogous

#559AE6 #5955E6 #A255E6

triadic

#5955E6 #E65955 #55E659

tetradic

#5955E6 #E6559A #E2E655 #55E6A2

square

#5955E6 #E6559A #E2E655 #55E6A2

split-complementary

#5955E6 #E6A255 #9AE655

monochromatic

#1D19A8 #2621DD #5955E6 #8D8AEE #C1C0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#5955E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#5955E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5955E6

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5955E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5955E6	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5955e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.213 277.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9685ef',
    500: '#5955e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5955e6;
$custom-light: #9685ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5955e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.655,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54137,
    "c": 0.21255,
    "h": 277.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5955E6

secondary

#E5E6B1

accent

#D60FD1

background

#FAF8FE

surface

#F3EFFD

border

#CDCAD5

text

#0F0B17

muted

#7F7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5955E6

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

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