#5B56ED#5B56ED

#5B56ED is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.220 H 277.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B56ED
RGB	rgb(91, 86, 237)
HSL	hsl(242, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(242, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 63.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.62, 45.61, -75.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.62, 88.26, 301.12°)
OKLab	oklab(55.02% 0.0299 -0.2177)
OKLCH	oklch(55.02% 0.22 277.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.9233, 14.9923, 81.7902)
Luminance	0.1499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B56ED #E8ED56

analogous

#569CED #5B56ED #A656ED

triadic

#5B56ED #ED5B56 #56ED5B

tetradic

#5B56ED #ED569C #E8ED56 #56EDA6

square

#5B56ED #ED569C #E8ED56 #56EDA6

split-complementary

#5B56ED #EDA656 #9CED56

monochromatic

#1913B5 #251FE7 #5B56ED #918DF3 #C6C5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#5B56ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#5B56ED on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B56ED

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B56ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B56ED	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0066EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b56ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 86, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.220 277.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9886f4',
    500: '#5b56ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b56ed;
$custom-light: #9886f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b56ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.987,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55015,
    "c": 0.21974,
    "h": 277.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B56ED

secondary

#E9EAB4

accent

#DD08D6

background

#FAF8FF

surface

#F4EFFE

border

#CECAD6

text

#0F0B17

muted

#7F7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B56ED

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

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