#5979E9#5979E9

#5979E9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.172 H 268.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5979E9
RGB	rgb(89, 121, 233)
HSL	hsl(227, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(227, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 48.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.69, 22.79, -60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.69, 64.42, 290.72°)
OKLab	oklab(60.91% -0.0035 -0.1724)
OKLCH	oklch(60.91% 0.172 268.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6602, 21.6796, 79.9073)
Luminance	0.2168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5979E9 #E9C959

analogous

#59C1E9 #5979E9 #8159E9

triadic

#5979E9 #E95979 #79E959

tetradic

#5979E9 #E959C1 #E9C959 #59E981

square

#5979E9 #E959C1 #E9C959 #59E981

split-complementary

#5979E9 #E98159 #C1E959

monochromatic

#1739B0 #234DE2 #5979E9 #8FA5F0 #C5D0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#5979E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#5979E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5979E9

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5979E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5979E9	1.00	3.94	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F87ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#217AE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0093A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5979e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 121, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.172 268.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#959ff1',
    500: '#5979e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5979e9;
$custom-light: #959ff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5979e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.667,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60906,
    "c": 0.17246,
    "h": 268.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5979E9

secondary

#E9DDB5

accent

#AB0DD9

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E17

muted

#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5979E9

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

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