#5990E5#5990E5

#5990E5 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.140 H 258.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5990E5
RGB	rgb(89, 144, 229)
HSL	hsl(216, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(216, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 37.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, 7.57, -48.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 49.11, 278.87°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% -0.0272 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.14 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2309, 27.7249, 77.9773)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5990E5 #E5AE59

analogous

#59D6E5 #5990E5 #6859E5

triadic

#5990E5 #E55990 #90E559

tetradic

#5990E5 #E559D6 #E5AE59 #59E568

square

#5990E5 #E559D6 #E5AE59 #59E568

split-complementary

#5990E5 #E56859 #D6E559

monochromatic

#1A53A9 #246DDD #5990E5 #8EB3ED #C3D7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#5990E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#5990E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5990E5

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5990E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5990E5	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B97E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#588AE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5990e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 144, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.140 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93b0ed',
    500: '#5990e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5990e5;
$custom-light: #93b0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5990e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.429,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65415,
    "c": 0.14037,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5990E5

secondary

#E6D2B3

accent

#8810D5

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5990E5

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

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