#5979BC#5979BC

#5979BC is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.110 H 263.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5979BC
RGB	rgb(89, 121, 188)
HSL	hsl(221, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(221, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 35.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.18, 7.96, -38.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.18, 39.54, 281.62°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% -0.0116 -0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.11 263.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.0313, 19.4280, 50.2616)
Luminance	0.1943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5979BC #BC9C59

analogous

#59ABBC #5979BC #6B59BC

triadic

#5979BC #BC5979 #79BC59

tetradic

#5979BC #BC59AB #BC9C59 #59BC6B

square

#5979BC #BC59AB #BC9C59 #59BC6B

split-complementary

#5979BC #BC6B59 #ABBC59

monochromatic

#2C426E #3E5C9A #5979BC #859CCE #B0BFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#5979BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#5979BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5979BC

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5979BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5979BC	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F7FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5376BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#288892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5979bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 121, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.110 263.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e9fd0',
    500: '#5979bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5979bc;
$custom-light: #8e9fd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5979bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.606,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58174,
    "c": 0.10996,
    "h": 263.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5979BC

secondary

#CDC0A3

accent

#AA56D2

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F1F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0D0E14

muted

#7E7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5979BC

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

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