#5251E6#5251E6

#5251E6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.219 H 276.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5251E6
RGB	rgb(82, 81, 230)
HSL	hsl(240, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(240, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 64.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.35, 45.03, -75.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.35, 87.79, 300.86°)
OKLab	oklab(53.02% 0.0237 -0.2174)
OKLCH	oklch(53.02% 0.219 276.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.7004, 13.3901, 76.3412)
Luminance	0.1339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5251E6 #E5E651

analogous

#519AE6 #5251E6 #9C51E6

triadic

#5251E6 #E65251 #51E652

tetradic

#5251E6 #E6519A #E5E651 #51E69C

square

#5251E6 #E6519A #E5E651 #51E69C

split-complementary

#5251E6 #E69C51 #9AE651

monochromatic

#1918A5 #211FDA #5251E6 #8787EE #BCBCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#5251E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#5251E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5251E6

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5251E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5251E6	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5251e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 81, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.219 276.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9382ef',
    500: '#5251e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5251e6;
$custom-light: #9382ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5251e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.403,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53023,
    "c": 0.21865,
    "h": 276.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5251E6

secondary

#E5E5AD

accent

#D70ED6

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0F0A17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5251E6

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

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