#5A55EE#5A55EE

#5A55EE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.222 H 277.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A55EE
RGB	rgb(90, 85, 238)
HSL	hsl(242, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(242, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 64.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.42, 46.36, -76.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.42, 89.42, 301.23°)
OKLab	oklab(54.87% 0.0294 -0.2204)
OKLCH	oklch(54.87% 0.222 277.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.8926, 14.8419, 82.5307)
Luminance	0.1484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A55EE #E9EE55

analogous

#559CEE #5A55EE #A655EE

triadic

#5A55EE #EE5A55 #55EE5A

tetradic

#5A55EE #EE559C #E9EE55 #55EEA6

square

#5A55EE #EE559C #E9EE55 #55EEA6

split-complementary

#5A55EE #EEA655 #9CEE55

monochromatic

#1812B6 #241DE8 #5A55EE #908DF4 #C6C4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#5A55EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#5A55EE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A55EE

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A55EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A55EE	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0065EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007C9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a55ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 85, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.222 277.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9886f5',
    500: '#5a55ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a55ee;
$custom-light: #9886f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a55ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.961,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54872,
    "c": 0.22233,
    "h": 277.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A55EE

secondary

#E9EBB4

accent

#DE07D7

background

#FAF8FF

surface

#F4EFFF

border

#CECAD7

text

#0F0B17

muted

#7F7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A55EE

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

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