#5157E6#5157E6

#5157E6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.212 H 274.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5157E6
RGB	rgb(81, 87, 230)
HSL	hsl(238, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(238, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 62.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.63, 41.33, -73.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.63, 84.12, 299.43°)
OKLab	oklab(53.94% 0.018 -0.2112)
OKLCH	oklch(53.94% 0.212 274.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.0798, 14.2771, 76.4924)
Luminance	0.1428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5157E6 #E6E051

analogous

#51A1E6 #5157E6 #9551E6

triadic

#5157E6 #E65157 #57E651

tetradic

#5157E6 #E651A1 #E6E051 #51E695

square

#5157E6 #E651A1 #E6E051 #51E695

split-complementary

#5157E6 #E69551 #A1E651

monochromatic

#181DA5 #1F27DA #5157E6 #878BEE #BCBEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#5157E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#5157E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5157E6

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5157E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5157E6	1.00	5.45	3.86	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5157e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 87, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.212 274.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9286ef',
    500: '#5157e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5157e6;
$custom-light: #9286ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5157e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.584,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53943,
    "c": 0.21199,
    "h": 274.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5157E6

secondary

#E5E3AD

accent

#CF0ED7

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5157E6

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

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