#556ee4

Color #556ee4

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 3.55 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#556ee4

RGB

rgb(85, 110, 228)

HSL

hsl(229.5, 72.6%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.5, 62.7%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(62.7%, 51.8%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(50.31, 27.19, -62.89)

LCH

lch(50.31, 68.52, 293.38)

OKLCH

oklch(58.2%, 0.1804, 270.79)

HWB

hwb(229.5, 33.3%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4cb55

Analogous

#55b6e4

#556ee4

#8455e4

Triadic

#556ee4

#e4556e

#6ee455

Split-complementary

#556ee4

#e48455

#b6e455

Tetradic

#556ee4

#cb55e4

#e4cb55

#6ee455

Square

#556ee4

#e455b6

#e4cb55

#55e484

Shades

Color #556ee4 mixed toward black.

#2848dd

#1d37b4

#152987

#0e1c5a

#070e2d

Tints

Color #556ee4 mixed toward white.

#7186e9

#8e9eed

#aab7f2

#c6cff6

#e3e7fb

Tones

Color #556ee4 mixed toward gray.

#6176d8

#6d7ecc

#7985c0

#858db4

#9195a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.74:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6161cf · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#5f5dca · ΔE 7.2

Tritanopia

#56bdb8 · ΔE 37.9

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 27

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Code

CSS

background-color: #556ee4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#556ee4]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#556ee4 (#556ee4) is rgb(85, 110, 228) in RGB.

No, #556ee4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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