#6556E5#6556E5

#6556E5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.208 H 281.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6556E5
RGB	rgb(101, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(246, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(246, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.74, 44.70, -70.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.74, 83.75, 302.26°)
OKLab	oklab(55.09% 0.0428 -0.2035)
OKLCH	oklch(55.09% 0.208 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8331, 15.0780, 75.8207)
Luminance	0.1508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6556E5 #D6E556

analogous

#568FE5 #6556E5 #AD56E5

triadic

#6556E5 #E56556 #56E565

tetradic

#6556E5 #E5568F #D6E556 #56E5AD

square

#6556E5 #E5568F #D6E556 #56E5AD

split-complementary

#6556E5 #E5AD56 #8FE556

monochromatic

#281AA7 #3522DC #6556E5 #958BED #C6C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#6556E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#6556E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6556E5

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6556E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6556E5	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#227996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6556e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.208 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c86ee',
    500: '#6556e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6556e5;
$custom-light: #9c86ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6556e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.294,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55094,
    "c": 0.20796,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6556E5

secondary

#E0E6B1

accent

#D510C1

background

#FAF8FE

surface

#F4EFFD

border

#CECAD5

text

#0F0B16

muted

#7F7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6556E5

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

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