#5A55DD#5A55DD

#5A55DD is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.201 H 278.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A55DD
RGB	rgb(90, 85, 221)
HSL	hsl(242, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(242, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 61.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.07, 40.97, -69.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.07, 80.27, 300.69°)
OKLab	oklab(53.47% 0.0307 -0.1986)
OKLCH	oklch(53.47% 0.201 278.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.5119, 13.8896, 69.9927)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A55DD #D8DD55

analogous

#5594DD #5A55DD #9E55DD

triadic

#5A55DD #DD5A55 #55DD5A

tetradic

#5A55DD #DD5594 #D8DD55 #55DD9E

square

#5A55DD #DD5594 #D8DD55 #55DD9E

split-complementary

#5A55DD #DD9E55 #94DD55

monochromatic

#231F99 #2F29CC #5A55DD #8B88E7 #BDBBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#5A55DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#5A55DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A55DD

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A55DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A55DD	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a55dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 85, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.201 278.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9585e9',
    500: '#5a55dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a55dd;
$custom-light: #9585e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a55dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.206,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53475,
    "c": 0.20092,
    "h": 278.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A55DD

secondary

#DFE1AD

accent

#EA3EE3

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A55DD

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

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