#5959C8#5959C8

#5959C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.168 H 278.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5959C8
RGB	rgb(89, 89, 200)
HSL	hsl(240, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(240, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 55.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.42, 31.64, -58.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.42, 66.12, 298.59°)
OKLab	oklab(52.49% 0.026 -0.1663)
OKLCH	oklch(52.49% 0.168 278.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.1142, 13.4375, 56.2716)
Luminance	0.1344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5959C8 #C8C859

analogous

#5991C8 #5959C8 #9159C8

triadic

#5959C8 #C85959 #59C859

tetradic

#5959C8 #C85991 #C8C859 #59C891

square

#5959C8 #C85991 #C8C859 #59C891

split-complementary

#5959C8 #C89159 #91C859

monochromatic

#29297D #3939AB #5959C8 #8787D7 #B5B5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#5959C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#5959C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5959C8

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5959C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5959C8	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#076BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#207388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5959c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 89, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.168 278.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9188d9',
    500: '#5959c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5959c8;
$custom-light: #9188d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5959c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52487,
    "c": 0.16832,
    "h": 278.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5959C8

secondary

#D5D5A8

accent

#DA4EDA

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F2EFFB

border

#CCCAD4

text

#0E0B15

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5959C8

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

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