#5959D8#5959D8

#5959D8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.190 H 277.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5959D8
RGB	rgb(89, 89, 216)
HSL	hsl(240, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(240, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 58.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.55, 36.80, -65.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.55, 75.04, 299.36°)
OKLab	oklab(53.69% 0.0261 -0.1879)
OKLCH	oklch(53.69% 0.19 277.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.0829, 14.2250, 66.6398)
Luminance	0.1423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5959D8 #D8D859

analogous

#5999D8 #5959D8 #9959D8

triadic

#5959D8 #D85959 #59D859

tetradic

#5959D8 #D85999 #D8D859 #59D899

square

#5959D8 #D85999 #D8D859 #59D899

split-complementary

#5959D8 #D89959 #99D859

monochromatic

#232394 #2E2EC5 #5959D8 #8B8BE4 #BCBCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#5959D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#5959D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5959D8

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5959D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5959D8	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5959d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 89, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.190 277.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9388e5',
    500: '#5959d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5959d8;
$custom-light: #9388e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5959d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53692,
    "c": 0.1897,
    "h": 277.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5959D8

secondary

#DFDFAE

accent

#E543E5

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFC

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5959D8

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

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