#505CE9#505CE9

#505CE9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.210 H 273.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#505CE9
RGB	rgb(80, 92, 233)
HSL	hsl(235, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(235, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 60.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.96, 39.16, -72.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.96, 82.65, 298.28°)
OKLab	oklab(54.98% 0.0129 -0.2098)
OKLCH	oklch(54.98% 0.21 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.8385, 15.2410, 78.8659)
Luminance	0.1524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#505CE9 #E9DD50

analogous

#50A9E9 #505CE9 #9150E9

triadic

#505CE9 #E9505C #5CE950

tetradic

#505CE9 #E950A9 #E9DD50 #50E991

square

#505CE9 #E950A9 #E9DD50 #50E991

split-complementary

#505CE9 #E99150 #A9E950

monochromatic

#1521A9 #1C2BE0 #505CE9 #868FF0 #BDC1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#505CE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#505CE9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #505CE9

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##505CE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##505CE9	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0066E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #505ce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 92, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.210 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#928af1',
    500: '#505ce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #505ce9;
$custom-light: #928af1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#505ce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.294,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54982,
    "c": 0.21019,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#505CE9

secondary

#E7E3AE

accent

#CA0CDA

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2F0FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0B17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #505CE9

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

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