#5959E5#5959E5

#5959E5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.207 H 277.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5959E5
RGB	rgb(89, 89, 229)
HSL	hsl(240, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(240, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 61.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.53, 40.99, -71.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.53, 82.16, 299.93°)
OKLab	oklab(54.72% 0.0256 -0.2049)
OKLCH	oklch(54.72% 0.207 277.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.8305, 14.9240, 75.8438)
Luminance	0.1493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5959E5 #E5E559

analogous

#599FE5 #5959E5 #9F59E5

triadic

#5959E5 #E55959 #59E559

tetradic

#5959E5 #E5599F #E5E559 #59E59F

square

#5959E5 #E5599F #E5E559 #59E59F

split-complementary

#5959E5 #E59F59 #9FE559

monochromatic

#1A1AA9 #2424DD #5959E5 #8E8EED #C3C3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#5959E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#5959E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5959E5

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5959E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5959E5	1.00	5.27	3.99	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0066E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5959e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 89, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.207 277.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9688ee',
    500: '#5959e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5959e5;
$custom-light: #9688ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5959e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54716,
    "c": 0.20654,
    "h": 277.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5959E5

secondary

#E6E6B3

accent

#D510D5

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2F0FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0F0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5959E5

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

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