#505BE6#505BE6

#505BE6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.208 H 273.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#505BE6
RGB	rgb(80, 91, 230)
HSL	hsl(236, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(236, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 60.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.50, 38.77, -71.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.50, 81.64, 298.35°)
OKLab	oklab(54.57% 0.0138 -0.2071)
OKLCH	oklch(54.57% 0.208 273.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.3275, 14.8989, 76.5994)
Luminance	0.1490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#505BE6 #E6DB50

analogous

#50A6E6 #505BE6 #9050E6

triadic

#505BE6 #E6505B #5BE650

tetradic

#505BE6 #E650A6 #E6DB50 #50E690

square

#505BE6 #E650A6 #E6DB50 #50E690

split-complementary

#505BE6 #E69050 #A6E650

monochromatic

#1722A4 #1F2DDA #505BE6 #868DEE #BBBFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#505BE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#505BE6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #505BE6

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##505BE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##505BE6	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0065E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #505be6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 91, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.208 273.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9189ef',
    500: '#505be6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #505be6;
$custom-light: #9189ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#505be6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.6,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54565,
    "c": 0.20752,
    "h": 273.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#505BE6

secondary

#E5E1AC

accent

#C80ED7

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2F0FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0B17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #505BE6

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

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