#5159AE#5159AE

#5159AE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.134 H 276.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5159AE
RGB	rgb(81, 89, 174)
HSL	hsl(235, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(235, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 48.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.14, 21.53, -46.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.14, 51.32, 294.80°)
OKLab	oklab(50.08% 0.0149 -0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(50.08% 0.134 276.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.6033, 11.9491, 41.5731)
Luminance	0.1195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5159AE #AEA651

analogous

#5187AE #5159AE #7851AE

triadic

#5159AE #AE5159 #59AE51

tetradic

#5159AE #AE5187 #AEA651 #51AE78

square

#5159AE #AE5187 #AEA651 #51AE78

split-complementary

#5159AE #AE7851 #87AE51

monochromatic

#2A2E5A #3E4484 #5159AE #7B81C1 #A5A9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#5159AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#5159AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5159AE

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5159AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5159AE	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)

#3165B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#265DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#276C7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5159ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 89, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.134 276.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8987c7',
    500: '#5159ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5159ae;
$custom-light: #8987c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5159ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.839,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50083,
    "c": 0.13359,
    "h": 276.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5159AE

secondary

#C2BF99

accent

#C35BCC

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0EFF8

border

#CBCAD1

text

#0C0B13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5159AE

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

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