#5157DE#5157DE

#5157DE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.202 H 275.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5157DE
RGB	rgb(81, 87, 222)
HSL	hsl(237, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(237, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 60.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.00, 38.69, -69.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.00, 79.76, 299.02°)
OKLab	oklab(53.29% 0.0184 -0.2009)
OKLCH	oklch(53.29% 0.202 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.9820, 13.8380, 70.7111)
Luminance	0.1384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5157DE #DED851

analogous

#519EDE #5157DE #9251DE

triadic

#5157DE #DE5157 #57DE51

tetradic

#5157DE #DE519E #DED851 #51DE92

square

#5157DE #DE519E #DED851 #51DE92

split-complementary

#5157DE #DE9251 #9EDE51

monochromatic

#1D2298 #272ECB #5157DE #8489E8 #B8BAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#5157DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#5157DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5157DE

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5157DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5157DE	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5157de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 87, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.202 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9186e9',
    500: '#5157de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5157de;
$custom-light: #9186e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5157de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.447,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53286,
    "c": 0.20174,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5157DE

secondary

#E1DFAA

accent

#E43DEB

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5157DE

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

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