#5979D9#5979D9

#5979D9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.151 H 267.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5979D9
RGB	rgb(89, 121, 217)
HSL	hsl(225, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(225, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 44.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.74, 17.44, -52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.74, 55.59, 288.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% -0.0057 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.151 267.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.4774, 20.8064, 68.4110)
Luminance	0.2081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5979D9 #D9B959

analogous

#59B9D9 #5979D9 #7959D9

triadic

#5979D9 #D95979 #79D959

tetradic

#5979D9 #D959B9 #D9B959 #59D979

square

#5979D9 #D959B9 #D9B959 #59D979

split-complementary

#5979D9 #D97959 #B9D959

monochromatic

#223F95 #2E54C7 #5979D9 #8BA1E4 #BDC9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#5979D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#5979D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5979D9

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5979D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5979D9	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D84DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B78D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5979d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 121, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.151 267.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#929fe5',
    500: '#5979d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5979d9;
$custom-light: #929fe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5979d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59876,
    "c": 0.15058,
    "h": 267.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5979D9

secondary

#E0D3AE

accent

#BD42E6

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FC

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5979D9

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

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