#5959E6#5959E6

#5959E6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.208 H 277.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5959E6
RGB	rgb(89, 89, 230)
HSL	hsl(240, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(240, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 61.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.61, 41.31, -71.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.61, 82.70, 299.97°)
OKLab	oklab(54.8% 0.0256 -0.2062)
OKLCH	oklch(54.8% 0.208 277.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.9705, 14.9800, 76.5812)
Luminance	0.1498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5959E6 #E6E659

analogous

#599FE6 #5959E6 #9F59E6

triadic

#5959E6 #E65959 #59E659

tetradic

#5959E6 #E6599F #E6E659 #59E69F

square

#5959E6 #E6599F #E6E659 #59E69F

split-complementary

#5959E6 #E69F59 #9FE659

monochromatic

#1A1AAB #2424DE #5959E6 #8E8EEE #C3C3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#5959E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#5959E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5959E6

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5959E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5959E6	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0066E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5959e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 89, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.208 277.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9688ef',
    500: '#5959e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5959e6;
$custom-light: #9688ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5959e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54797,
    "c": 0.20782,
    "h": 277.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5959E6

secondary

#E7E7B4

accent

#D610D6

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2F0FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0F0B17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5959E6

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

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