#506AE1#506AE1

#506AE1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.183 H 270.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#506AE1
RGB	rgb(80, 106, 225)
HSL	hsl(229, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(229, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 52.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.82, 27.83, -63.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.82, 69.45, 293.62°)
OKLab	oklab(56.93% 0.001 -0.1827)
OKLCH	oklch(56.93% 0.183 270.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.0483, 17.4478, 73.4254)
Luminance	0.1745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#506AE1 #E1C750

analogous

#50B3E1 #506AE1 #7E50E1

triadic

#506AE1 #E1506A #6AE150

tetradic

#506AE1 #E150B3 #E1C750 #50E17E

square

#506AE1 #E150B3 #E1C750 #50E17E

split-complementary

#506AE1 #E17E50 #B3E150

monochromatic

#1B329C #2443D0 #506AE1 #8496EA #B8C3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#506AE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#506AE1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #506AE1

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##506AE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##506AE1	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#197BE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00869B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #506ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 106, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.183 270.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9094eb',
    500: '#506ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #506ae1;
$custom-light: #9094eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#506ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.241,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56929,
    "c": 0.18273,
    "h": 270.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#506AE1

secondary

#E2D8AA

accent

#CD3AED

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #506AE1

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

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