#505AE5#505AE5

#505AE5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.207 H 274.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#505AE5
RGB	rgb(80, 90, 229)
HSL	hsl(236, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(236, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 60.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.18, 39.04, -71.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.18, 81.72, 298.54°)
OKLab	oklab(54.31% 0.0146 -0.2069)
OKLCH	oklch(54.31% 0.207 274)
XYZ	xyz(21.1026, 14.6731, 75.8337)
Luminance	0.1467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#505AE5 #E5DB50

analogous

#50A4E5 #505AE5 #9050E5

triadic

#505AE5 #E5505A #5AE550

tetradic

#505AE5 #E550A4 #E5DB50 #50E590

square

#505AE5 #E550A4 #E5DB50 #50E590

split-complementary

#505AE5 #E59050 #A4E550

monochromatic

#1821A2 #202CD8 #505AE5 #858CED #BBBEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#505AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#505AE5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #505AE5

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##505AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##505AE5	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #505ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 90, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.207 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9188ee',
    500: '#505ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #505ae5;
$custom-light: #9188ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#505ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.973,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5431,
    "c": 0.20743,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.14675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#505AE5

secondary

#E5E1AC

accent

#C90FD6

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2F0FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #505AE5

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

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