#5281CB#5281CB

#5281CB is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.125 H 259.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5281CB
RGB	rgb(82, 129, 203)
HSL	hsl(217, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(217, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 36.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, 6.54, -43.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 43.66, 278.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.37% -0.0235 -0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(60.37% 0.125 259.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1056, 21.8042, 59.5320)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5281CB #CB9C52

analogous

#52BECB #5281CB #5F52CB

triadic

#5281CB #CB5281 #81CB52

tetradic

#5281CB #CB52BE #CB9C52 #52CB5F

square

#5281CB #CB52BE #CB9C52 #52CB5F

split-complementary

#5281CB #CB5F52 #BECB52

monochromatic

#26487D #3462AC #5281CB #81A3D9 #B0C6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#5281CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#5281CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5281CB

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5281CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5281CB	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6287CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#527BC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00929C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5281cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 129, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.125 259.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca5db',
    500: '#5281cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5281cb;
$custom-light: #8ca5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5281cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.694,
    "s": 53.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60369,
    "c": 0.12455,
    "h": 259.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5281CB

secondary

#D5C2A3

accent

#A44BDD

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D0F15

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5281CB

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

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