#5481C8#5481C8

#5481C8 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.120 H 259.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5481C8
RGB	rgb(84, 129, 200)
HSL	hsl(217, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(217, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 35.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.76, 5.95, -41.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.76, 41.96, 278.15°)
OKLab	oklab(60.3% -0.0224 -0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(60.3% 0.12 259.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.9281, 21.7536, 57.6757)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5481C8 #C89B54

analogous

#54BBC8 #5481C8 #6154C8

triadic

#5481C8 #C85481 #81C854

tetradic

#5481C8 #C854BB #C89B54 #54C861

square

#5481C8 #C854BB #C89B54 #54C861

split-complementary

#5481C8 #C86154 #BBC854

monochromatic

#27487A #3663A9 #5481C8 #82A3D7 #B1C5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#5481C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#5481C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5481C8

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5481C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5481C8	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6486CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#557CC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00919B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5481c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 129, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.120 259.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8da5d9',
    500: '#5481c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5481c8;
$custom-light: #8da5d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5481c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.724,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60304,
    "c": 0.11966,
    "h": 259.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5481C8

secondary

#D4C1A4

accent

#A44DDB

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D0F14

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5481C8

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

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