#5979C8#5979C8

#5979C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.127 H 266.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5979C8
RGB	rgb(89, 121, 200)
HSL	hsl(223, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(223, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 39.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.80, 11.84, -44.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.80, 46.17, 284.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.85% -0.0089 -0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(58.85% 0.127 266)
XYZ	xyz(21.3790, 19.9671, 57.3598)
Luminance	0.1997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5979C8 #C8A859

analogous

#59B0C8 #5979C8 #7159C8

triadic

#5979C8 #C85979 #79C859

tetradic

#5979C8 #C859B0 #C8A859 #59C871

square

#5979C8 #C859B0 #C8A859 #59C871

split-complementary

#5979C8 #C87159 #B0C859

monochromatic

#29427D #395AAB #5979C8 #879ED7 #B5C3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#5979C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#5979C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5979C8

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5979C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5979C8	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5881CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B77C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#158A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5979c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 121, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.127 266.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#909fd9',
    500: '#5979c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5979c8;
$custom-light: #909fd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5979c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.703,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58852,
    "c": 0.12687,
    "h": 266
  },
  "luminance": 0.19969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5979C8

secondary

#D5C8A8

accent

#B14EDA

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0D0E14

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5979C8

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

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