#5B56E5#5B56E5

#5B56E5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.210 H 278.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B56E5
RGB	rgb(91, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(242, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(242, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.99, 43.08, -72.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.99, 83.97, 300.87°)
OKLab	oklab(54.36% 0.0305 -0.2075)
OKLCH	oklch(54.36% 0.21 278.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.7805, 14.5352, 75.7714)
Luminance	0.1454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B56E5 #E0E556

analogous

#5699E5 #5B56E5 #A356E5

triadic

#5B56E5 #E55B56 #56E55B

tetradic

#5B56E5 #E55699 #E0E556 #56E5A3

square

#5B56E5 #E55699 #E0E556 #56E5A3

split-complementary

#5B56E5 #E5A356 #99E556

monochromatic

#1F1AA7 #2822DC #5B56E5 #8E8BED #C2C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#5B56E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#5B56E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B56E5

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B56E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B56E5	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0065E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b56e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.210 278.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9786ee',
    500: '#5b56e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b56e5;
$custom-light: #9786ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b56e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.098,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54357,
    "c": 0.2097,
    "h": 278.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B56E5

secondary

#E4E6B1

accent

#D510CF

background

#FAF8FE

surface

#F3EFFD

border

#CDCAD5

text

#0F0B17

muted

#7F7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B56E5

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

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