#5979AC#5979AC

#5979AC is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.087 H 259.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5979AC
RGB	rgb(89, 121, 172)
HSL	hsl(217, 33%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(217, 48%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 29.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.42, 2.94, -30.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.42, 30.83, 275.47°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% -0.016 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.087 259.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.4011, 18.7759, 41.6762)
Luminance	0.1878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5979AC #AC8C59

analogous

#59A2AC #5979AC #6259AC

triadic

#5979AC #AC5979 #79AC59

tetradic

#5979AC #AC59A2 #AC8C59 #59AC62

square

#5979AC #AC59A2 #AC8C59 #59AC62

split-complementary

#5979AC #AC6259 #A2AC59

monochromatic

#2E405C #435C85 #5979AC #829AC0 #ABBBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#5979AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#5979AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5979AC

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5979AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5979AC	1.00	4.42	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#667CAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C74AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36848B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5979ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 121, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.087 259.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c9fc5',
    500: '#5979ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5979ac;
$custom-light: #8c9fc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5979ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.867,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57333,
    "c": 0.08748,
    "h": 259.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5979AC

secondary

#C3B59E

accent

#A05EC9

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5979AC

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

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