#5979D8#5979D8

#5979D8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.149 H 267.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5979D8
RGB	rgb(89, 121, 216)
HSL	hsl(225, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(225, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 44%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.68, 17.11, -52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.68, 55.04, 288.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.81% -0.0059 -0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(59.81% 0.149 267.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.3477, 20.7546, 67.7281)
Luminance	0.2076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5979D8 #D8B859

analogous

#59B8D8 #5979D8 #7959D8

triadic

#5979D8 #D85979 #79D859

tetradic

#5979D8 #D859B8 #D8B859 #59D879

square

#5979D8 #D859B8 #D8B859 #59D879

split-complementary

#5979D8 #D87959 #B8D859

monochromatic

#233F94 #2E54C5 #5979D8 #8BA1E4 #BCC9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#5979D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#5979D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5979D8

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5979D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5979D8	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E84DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C78D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5979d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 121, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.149 267.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#929fe4',
    500: '#5979d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5979d8;
$custom-light: #929fe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5979d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.882,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59814,
    "c": 0.1492,
    "h": 267.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5979D8

secondary

#DFD3AE

accent

#BC43E5

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FC

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5979D8

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

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