#5981BB#5981BB

#5981BB is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.100 H 257.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5981BB
RGB	rgb(89, 129, 187)
HSL	hsl(216, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(216, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 31%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, 2.85, -34.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 34.80, 274.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% -0.0214 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.1 257.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.9367, 21.4107, 50.0335)
Luminance	0.2141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5981BB #BB9359

analogous

#59B2BB #5981BB #6259BB

triadic

#5981BB #BB5981 #81BB59

tetradic

#5981BB #BB59B2 #BB9359 #59BB62

square

#5981BB #BB59B2 #BB9359 #59BB62

split-complementary

#5981BB #BB6259 #B2BB59

monochromatic

#2D476D #3E6398 #5981BB #84A2CD #B0C3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#5981BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#5981BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5981BB

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5981BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5981BB	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A85BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#268E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5981bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 129, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.100 257.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ea5cf',
    500: '#5981bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5981bb;
$custom-light: #8ea5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5981bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.51,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5988,
    "c": 0.09985,
    "h": 257.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5981BB

secondary

#CDBCA3

accent

#9F56D2

background

#F9FAFC

surface

#F1F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0D0F14

muted

#7E7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5981BB

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

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