#5251E3#5251E3

#5251E3 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.215 H 276.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5251E3
RGB	rgb(82, 81, 227)
HSL	hsl(240, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(240, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 64.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.10, 44.06, -74.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.10, 86.18, 300.75°)
OKLab	oklab(52.77% 0.024 -0.2136)
OKLCH	oklch(52.77% 0.215 276.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.2827, 13.2231, 74.1416)
Luminance	0.1323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5251E3 #E2E351

analogous

#5199E3 #5251E3 #9B51E3

triadic

#5251E3 #E35251 #51E352

tetradic

#5251E3 #E35199 #E2E351 #51E39B

square

#5251E3 #E35199 #E2E351 #51E39B

split-complementary

#5251E3 #E39B51 #99E351

monochromatic

#1B1AA0 #2322D5 #5251E3 #8686EB #BBBAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#5251E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#5251E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5251E3

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5251E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5251E3	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005FE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5251e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 81, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.215 276.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9282ed',
    500: '#5251e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5251e3;
$custom-light: #9282ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5251e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.411,
    "s": 72.277,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52766,
    "c": 0.2149,
    "h": 276.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5251E3

secondary

#E3E4AC

accent

#D411D3

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5251E3

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

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