#5255E6#5255E6

#5255E6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.214 H 275.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5255E6
RGB	rgb(82, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(239, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(239, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.24, 42.66, -73.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.24, 85.33, 300.00°)
OKLab	oklab(53.67% 0.0207 -0.2131)
OKLCH	oklch(53.67% 0.214 275.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.0064, 14.0022, 76.4433)
Luminance	0.1400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5255E6 #E6E352

analogous

#529FE6 #5255E6 #9952E6

triadic

#5255E6 #E65255 #55E652

tetradic

#5255E6 #E6529F #E6E352 #52E699

square

#5255E6 #E6529F #E6E352 #52E699

split-complementary

#5255E6 #E69952 #9FE652

monochromatic

#181BA6 #2023DB #5255E6 #878AEE #BDBEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#5255E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#5255E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5255E6

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5255E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5255E6	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5255e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.214 275.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9385ef',
    500: '#5255e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5255e6;
$custom-light: #9385ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5255e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.784,
    "s": 74.747,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53673,
    "c": 0.21407,
    "h": 275.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5255E6

secondary

#E6E5AE

accent

#D30FD7

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFD

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5255E6

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

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