#5956E5#5956E5

#5956E5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.210 H 277.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5956E5
RGB	rgb(89, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(241, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(241, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.85, 42.77, -72.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.85, 84.01, 300.60°)
OKLab	oklab(54.22% 0.0281 -0.2082)
OKLCH	oklch(54.22% 0.21 277.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.5859, 14.4349, 75.7622)
Luminance	0.1444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5956E5 #E2E556

analogous

#569BE5 #5956E5 #A156E5

triadic

#5956E5 #E55956 #56E559

tetradic

#5956E5 #E5569B #E2E556 #56E5A1

square

#5956E5 #E5569B #E2E556 #56E5A1

split-complementary

#5956E5 #E5A156 #9BE556

monochromatic

#1D1AA7 #2622DC #5956E5 #8D8BED #C1C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#5956E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#5956E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5956E5

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5956E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5956E5	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5956e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.210 277.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9686ee',
    500: '#5956e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5956e5;
$custom-light: #9686ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5956e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.259,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54218,
    "c": 0.21011,
    "h": 277.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5956E5

secondary

#E5E6B1

accent

#D510D1

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0F0B17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5956E5

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

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