#5A55E6#5A55E6

#5A55E6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.212 H 278.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A55E6
RGB	rgb(90, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(242, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(242, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.78, 43.83, -73.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.78, 85.14, 300.98°)
OKLab	oklab(54.21% 0.0301 -0.2102)
OKLCH	oklch(54.21% 0.212 278.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.7433, 14.3822, 76.4778)
Luminance	0.1438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A55E6 #E1E655

analogous

#5599E6 #5A55E6 #A355E6

triadic

#5A55E6 #E65A55 #55E65A

tetradic

#5A55E6 #E65599 #E1E655 #55E6A3

square

#5A55E6 #E65599 #E1E655 #55E6A3

split-complementary

#5A55E6 #E6A355 #99E655

monochromatic

#1E19A8 #2721DD #5A55E6 #8E8AEE #C2C0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#5A55E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#5A55E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A55E6

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A55E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A55E6	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)

#0070EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a55e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.212 278.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9785ef',
    500: '#5a55e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a55e6;
$custom-light: #9785ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a55e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.069,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54207,
    "c": 0.21235,
    "h": 278.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A55E6

secondary

#E4E6B1

accent

#D60FD0

background

#FAF8FE

surface

#F3EFFD

border

#CDCAD5

text

#0F0B17

muted

#7F7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A55E6

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

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