#5956C8#5956C8

#5956C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.172 H 279.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5956C8
RGB	rgb(89, 86, 200)
HSL	hsl(242, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(242, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 57%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.69, 33.48, -59.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.69, 68.05, 299.48°)
OKLab	oklab(51.94% 0.0291 -0.1698)
OKLCH	oklch(51.94% 0.172 279.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.8697, 12.9484, 56.1900)
Luminance	0.1295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5956C8 #C5C856

analogous

#568CC8 #5956C8 #9256C8

triadic

#5956C8 #C85956 #56C859

tetradic

#5956C8 #C8568C #C5C856 #56C892

square

#5956C8 #C8568C #C5C856 #56C892

split-complementary

#5956C8 #C89256 #8CC856

monochromatic

#2A287B #3A37AA #5956C8 #8684D7 #B4B2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#5956C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#5956C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5956C8

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5956C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5956C8	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#217187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5956c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 86, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.172 279.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9186d9',
    500: '#5956c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5956c8;
$custom-light: #9186d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5956c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.579,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51945,
    "c": 0.17227,
    "h": 279.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5956C8

secondary

#D3D4A5

accent

#DA4DD7

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F2EFFB

border

#CCCAD4

text

#0E0B15

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5956C8

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

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