#5955E7#5955E7

#5955E7 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.214 H 277.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5955E7
RGB	rgb(89, 85, 231)
HSL	hsl(242, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(242, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 63.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.79, 44.00, -73.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.79, 85.70, 300.89°)
OKLab	oklab(54.22% 0.0288 -0.2119)
OKLCH	oklch(54.22% 0.214 277.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.7875, 14.3887, 77.2150)
Luminance	0.1439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5955E7 #E3E755

analogous

#559AE7 #5955E7 #A255E7

triadic

#5955E7 #E75955 #55E759

tetradic

#5955E7 #E7559A #E3E755 #55E7A2

square

#5955E7 #E7559A #E3E755 #55E7A2

split-complementary

#5955E7 #E7A255 #9AE755

monochromatic

#1C18AA #2520DF #5955E7 #8D8BEF #C2C0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#5955E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#5955E7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5955E7

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5955E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5955E7	1.00	5.42	3.88	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5955e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 85, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.214 277.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9685f0',
    500: '#5955e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5955e7;
$custom-light: #9685f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5955e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.644,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5422,
    "c": 0.21381,
    "h": 277.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5955E7

secondary

#E5E7B1

accent

#D70ED2

background

#FAF8FE

surface

#F3EFFD

border

#CDCAD5

text

#0F0B17

muted

#7F7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5955E7

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

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