#5281C8#5281C8

#5281C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.120 H 258.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5281C8
RGB	rgb(82, 129, 200)
HSL	hsl(216, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(216, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 35.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.67, 5.55, -41.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.67, 42.07, 277.58°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% -0.0242 -0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.121 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.7516, 21.6626, 57.6674)
Luminance	0.2166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5281C8 #C89952

analogous

#52BCC8 #5281C8 #5E52C8

triadic

#5281C8 #C85281 #81C852

tetradic

#5281C8 #C852BC #C89952 #52C85E

square

#5281C8 #C852BC #C89952 #52C85E

split-complementary

#5281C8 #C85E52 #BCC852

monochromatic

#274779 #3563A8 #5281C8 #80A3D7 #AFC5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#5281C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#5281C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5281C8

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5281C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5281C8	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6386CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#547BC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00919B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5281c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 129, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.120 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca5d9',
    500: '#5281c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5281c8;
$custom-light: #8ca5d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5281c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.102,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60201,
    "c": 0.1205,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5281C8

secondary

#D4C0A2

accent

#A24DDB

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D0F14

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5281C8

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

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