#5156E2#5156E2

#5156E2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.208 H 275.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5156E2
RGB	rgb(81, 86, 226)
HSL	hsl(238, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(238, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 61.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.08, 40.61, -71.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.08, 82.57, 299.46°)
OKLab	oklab(53.44% 0.019 -0.2072)
OKLCH	oklch(53.44% 0.208 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4441, 13.8941, 73.5412)
Luminance	0.1390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5156E2 #E2DD51

analogous

#519EE2 #5156E2 #9451E2

triadic

#5156E2 #E25156 #56E251

tetradic

#5156E2 #E2519E #E2DD51 #51E294

square

#5156E2 #E2519E #E2DD51 #51E294

split-complementary

#5156E2 #E29451 #9EE251

monochromatic

#1A1F9E #2329D3 #5156E2 #8589EB #BABCF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#5156E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#5156E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5156E2

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5156E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5156E2	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5156e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 86, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.208 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9186ec',
    500: '#5156e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5156e2;
$custom-light: #9186ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5156e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.931,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53443,
    "c": 0.20806,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5156E2

secondary

#E3E1AC

accent

#CD12D3

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5156E2

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

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