#5B56E4#5B56E4

#5B56E4 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.208 H 278.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B56E4
RGB	rgb(91, 86, 228)
HSL	hsl(242, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(242, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 62.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.91, 42.76, -71.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.91, 83.43, 300.83°)
OKLab	oklab(54.28% 0.0306 -0.2062)
OKLCH	oklch(54.28% 0.208 278.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.6413, 14.4795, 75.0382)
Luminance	0.1448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B56E4 #DFE456

analogous

#5698E4 #5B56E4 #A256E4

triadic

#5B56E4 #E45B56 #56E45B

tetradic

#5B56E4 #E45698 #DFE456 #56E4A2

square

#5B56E4 #E45698 #DFE456 #56E4A2

split-complementary

#5B56E4 #E4A256 #98E456

monochromatic

#1F1AA5 #2923DA #5B56E4 #8E8BEC #C1C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#5B56E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#5B56E4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B56E4

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B56E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B56E4	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b56e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 86, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.208 278.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9786ee',
    500: '#5b56e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b56e4;
$custom-light: #9786ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b56e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.113,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54276,
    "c": 0.20843,
    "h": 278.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B56E4

secondary

#E3E5B0

accent

#D511CE

background

#FAF8FE

surface

#F3EFFD

border

#CDCAD5

text

#0F0B16

muted

#7F7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B56E4

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

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