#5B56E2#5B56E2

#5B56E2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.206 H 278.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B56E2
RGB	rgb(91, 86, 226)
HSL	hsl(242, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(242, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 61.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.76, 42.13, -70.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.76, 82.35, 300.77°)
OKLab	oklab(54.11% 0.0307 -0.2036)
OKLCH	oklch(54.11% 0.206 278.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.3653, 14.3691, 73.5844)
Luminance	0.1437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B56E2 #DDE256

analogous

#5697E2 #5B56E2 #A156E2

triadic

#5B56E2 #E25B56 #56E25B

tetradic

#5B56E2 #E25697 #DDE256 #56E2A1

square

#5B56E2 #E25697 #DDE256 #56E2A1

split-complementary

#5B56E2 #E2A156 #97E256

monochromatic

#211CA2 #2B25D6 #5B56E2 #8E8AEB #C0BEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#5B56E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#5B56E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B56E2

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B56E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B56E2	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b56e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 86, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.206 278.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9686ec',
    500: '#5b56e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b56e2;
$custom-light: #9686ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b56e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.143,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54114,
    "c": 0.2059,
    "h": 278.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B56E2

secondary

#E2E4B0

accent

#D313CC

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0F0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B56E2

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

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