#5979E6#5979E6

#5979E6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.168 H 268.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5979E6
RGB	rgb(89, 121, 230)
HSL	hsl(226, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(226, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 47.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.50, 21.78, -58.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.50, 62.77, 290.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.71% -0.0039 -0.1683)
OKLCH	oklch(60.71% 0.168 268.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2353, 21.5096, 77.6695)
Luminance	0.2151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5979E6 #E6C659

analogous

#59BFE6 #5979E6 #7F59E6

triadic

#5979E6 #E65979 #79E659

tetradic

#5979E6 #E659BF #E6C659 #59E67F

square

#5979E6 #E659BF #E6C659 #59E67F

split-complementary

#5979E6 #E67F59 #BFE659

monochromatic

#1A3BAB #244EDE #5979E6 #8EA4EE #C3CFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#5979E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#5979E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5979E6

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5979E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5979E6	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4286EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#287AE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0092A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5979e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 121, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.168 268.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#949fee',
    500: '#5979e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5979e6;
$custom-light: #949fee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5979e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.383,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60708,
    "c": 0.16838,
    "h": 268.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5979E6

secondary

#E7DBB4

accent

#A910D6

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5979E6

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

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