#5959D6#5959D6

#5959D6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.187 H 278.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5959D6
RGB	rgb(89, 89, 214)
HSL	hsl(240, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(240, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 58.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.41, 36.15, -64.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.41, 73.94, 299.27°)
OKLab	oklab(53.54% 0.0261 -0.1852)
OKLCH	oklch(53.54% 0.187 278)
XYZ	xyz(19.8259, 14.1222, 65.2864)
Luminance	0.1412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5959D6 #D6D659

analogous

#5998D6 #5959D6 #9859D6

triadic

#5959D6 #D65959 #59D659

tetradic

#5959D6 #D65998 #D6D659 #59D698

square

#5959D6 #D65998 #D6D659 #59D698

split-complementary

#5959D6 #D69859 #98D659

monochromatic

#242491 #3030C2 #5959D6 #8A8AE2 #BBBBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#5959D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#5959D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5959D6

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5959D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5959D6	1.00	5.49	3.82	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00778F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5959d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 89, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.187 278.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9388e3',
    500: '#5959d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5959d6;
$custom-light: #9388e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5959d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53537,
    "c": 0.18707,
    "h": 278
  },
  "luminance": 0.14124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5959D6

secondary

#DEDEAD

accent

#E444E4

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFC

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5959D6

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

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