#5149E1#5149E1

#5149E1 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.222 H 277.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5149E1
RGB	rgb(81, 73, 225)
HSL	hsl(243, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(243, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 67.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.14, 47.93, -76.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.14, 89.97, 302.19°)
OKLab	oklab(51.28% 0.0289 -0.2197)
OKLCH	oklch(51.28% 0.222 277.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.3621, 11.9491, 72.5056)
Luminance	0.1195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 5.06

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5149E1 #D9E149

analogous

#498DE1 #5149E1 #9D49E1

triadic

#5149E1 #E15149 #49E151

tetradic

#5149E1 #E1498D #D9E149 #49E19D

square

#5149E1 #E1498D #D9E149 #49E19D

split-complementary

#5149E1 #E19D49 #8DE149

monochromatic

#1F1997 #2A22CB #5149E1 #837EEA #B5B2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#5149E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#5149E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5149E1

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5149E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5149E1	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00728F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5149e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 73, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.222 277.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#927dec',
    500: '#5149e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5149e1;
$custom-light: #927dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5149e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.158,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51275,
    "c": 0.22159,
    "h": 277.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5149E1

secondary

#DEE1A5

accent

#EE39E5

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5149E1

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

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