#5251DE#5251DE

#5251DE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.209 H 276.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5251DE
RGB	rgb(82, 81, 222)
HSL	hsl(240, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(240, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 63.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.69, 42.44, -71.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.69, 83.48, 300.56°)
OKLab	oklab(52.34% 0.0244 -0.2072)
OKLCH	oklch(52.34% 0.209 276.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.6026, 12.9510, 70.5599)
Luminance	0.1295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5251DE #DDDE51

analogous

#5196DE #5251DE #9951DE

triadic

#5251DE #DE5251 #51DE52

tetradic

#5251DE #DE5196 #DDDE51 #51DE99

square

#5251DE #DE5196 #DDDE51 #51DE99

split-complementary

#5251DE #DE9951 #96DE51

monochromatic

#1E1D98 #2827CB #5251DE #8584E8 #B8B8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#5251DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#5251DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5251DE

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5251DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5251DE	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005FDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5251de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 81, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.209 276.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9282e9',
    500: '#5251de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5251de;
$custom-light: #9282e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5251de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.426,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52342,
    "c": 0.20861,
    "h": 276.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5251DE

secondary

#E0E1AA

accent

#EB3DEA

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5251DE

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

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