#5B56E0#5B56E0

#5B56E0 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.203 H 278.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B56E0
RGB	rgb(91, 86, 224)
HSL	hsl(242, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(242, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 61.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.60, 41.49, -69.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.60, 81.26, 300.70°)
OKLab	oklab(53.95% 0.0308 -0.201)
OKLCH	oklch(53.95% 0.203 278.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.0924, 14.2600, 72.1475)
Luminance	0.1426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B56E0 #DBE056

analogous

#5696E0 #5B56E0 #A056E0

triadic

#5B56E0 #E05B56 #56E05B

tetradic

#5B56E0 #E05696 #DBE056 #56E0A0

square

#5B56E0 #E05696 #DBE056 #56E0A0

split-complementary

#5B56E0 #E0A056 #96E056

monochromatic

#221D9F #2D27D2 #5B56E0 #8D8AE9 #BFBDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#5B56E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#5B56E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B56E0

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B56E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B56E0	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b56e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 86, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.203 278.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9686eb',
    500: '#5b56e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b56e0;
$custom-light: #9686eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b56e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.174,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53953,
    "c": 0.20335,
    "h": 278.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B56E0

secondary

#E1E3AF

accent

#D115CA

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0F0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B56E0

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

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