#5959D9#5959D9

#5959D9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.191 H 277.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5959D9
RGB	rgb(89, 89, 217)
HSL	hsl(240, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(240, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 59%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.63, 37.12, -65.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.63, 75.60, 299.41°)
OKLab	oklab(53.77% 0.026 -0.1892)
OKLCH	oklch(53.77% 0.191 277.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.2126, 14.2769, 67.3228)
Luminance	0.1428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5959D9 #D9D959

analogous

#5999D9 #5959D9 #9959D9

triadic

#5959D9 #D95959 #59D959

tetradic

#5959D9 #D95999 #D9D959 #59D999

square

#5959D9 #D95999 #D9D959 #59D999

split-complementary

#5959D9 #D99959 #99D959

monochromatic

#222295 #2E2EC7 #5959D9 #8B8BE4 #BDBDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#5959D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#5959D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5959D9

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5959D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5959D9	1.00	5.45	3.86	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5959d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 89, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.191 277.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9488e6',
    500: '#5959d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5959d9;
$custom-light: #9488e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5959d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53769,
    "c": 0.19101,
    "h": 277.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5959D9

secondary

#E0E0AE

accent

#E642E6

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFC

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0E0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5959D9

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

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