#5959E1#5959E1

#5959E1 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.201 H 277.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5959E1
RGB	rgb(89, 89, 225)
HSL	hsl(240, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(240, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 60.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.23, 39.70, -69.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.23, 79.98, 299.76°)
OKLab	oklab(54.4% 0.0258 -0.1997)
OKLCH	oklch(54.4% 0.201 277.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.2784, 14.7032, 72.9363)
Luminance	0.1470 (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

#5959E1 #E1E159

analogous

#599DE1 #5959E1 #9D59E1

triadic

#5959E1 #E15959 #59E159

tetradic

#5959E1 #E1599D #E1E159 #59E19D

square

#5959E1 #E1599D #E1E159 #59E19D

split-complementary

#5959E1 #E19D59 #9DE159

monochromatic

#1D1DA2 #2727D6 #5959E1 #8D8DEA #C1C1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#5959E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#5959E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5959E1

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5959E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5959E1	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0065DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5959e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 89, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.201 277.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9588eb',
    500: '#5959e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5959e1;
$custom-light: #9588eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5959e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54397,
    "c": 0.20141,
    "h": 277.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5959E1

secondary

#E4E4B2

accent

#D114D1

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2F0FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5959E1

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

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