#5159D6#5159D6

#5159D6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.189 H 275.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5159D6
RGB	rgb(81, 89, 214)
HSL	hsl(236, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(236, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 58.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.87, 34.81, -65.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.87, 74.08, 298.02°)
OKLab	oklab(53% 0.0169 -0.1881)
OKLCH	oklch(53% 0.189 275.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.0993, 13.7476, 65.2523)
Luminance	0.1375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5159D6 #D6CE51

analogous

#519BD6 #5159D6 #8B51D6

triadic

#5159D6 #D65159 #59D651

tetradic

#5159D6 #D6519B #D6CE51 #51D68B

square

#5159D6 #D6519B #D6CE51 #51D68B

split-complementary

#5159D6 #D68B51 #9BD651

monochromatic

#21278C #2D35BD #5159D6 #8388E2 #B4B8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#5159D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#5159D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5159D6

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5159D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5159D6	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00778F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5159d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 89, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.189 275.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f88e3',
    500: '#5159d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5159d6;
$custom-light: #8f88e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5159d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.391,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52999,
    "c": 0.18886,
    "h": 275.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5159D6

secondary

#DCD9A7

accent

#DB43E5

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFC

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5159D6

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

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