#5251C8#5251C8

#5251C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.180 H 278.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5251C8
RGB	rgb(82, 81, 200)
HSL	hsl(241, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(241, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 59.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.97, 35.28, -62.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.97, 71.37, 299.62°)
OKLab	oklab(50.55% 0.0256 -0.1783)
OKLCH	oklch(50.55% 0.18 278.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.8441, 11.8476, 56.0316)
Luminance	0.1185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5251C8 #C7C851

analogous

#518CC8 #5251C8 #8D51C8

triadic

#5251C8 #C85251 #51C852

tetradic

#5251C8 #C8518C #C7C851 #51C88D

square

#5251C8 #C8518C #C7C851 #51C88D

split-complementary

#5251C8 #C88D51 #8CC851

monochromatic

#272679 #3635A7 #5251C8 #8080D7 #AEAEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#5251C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#5251C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5251C8

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5251C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5251C8	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5251c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 81, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.180 278.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e82da',
    500: '#5251c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5251c8;
$custom-light: #8e82da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5251c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.504,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50547,
    "c": 0.1801,
    "h": 278.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5251C8

secondary

#D3D3A1

accent

#DB4CDA

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EEFB

border

#CCC9D4

text

#0D0A15

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5251C8

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

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