#5A5CA5#5A5CA5

#5A5CA5 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.114 H 280.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A5CA5
RGB	rgb(90, 92, 165)
HSL	hsl(238, 29%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(238, 45%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 44.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.07, 18.90, -39.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.07, 44.00, 295.44°)
OKLab	oklab(50.79% 0.0205 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(50.79% 0.114 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.8331, 12.5439, 37.2296)
Luminance	0.1255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A5CA5 #A5A35A

analogous

#5A82A5 #5A5CA5 #7D5AA5

triadic

#5A5CA5 #A55A5C #5CA55A

tetradic

#5A5CA5 #A55A82 #A5A35A #5AA57D

square

#5A5CA5 #A55A82 #A5A35A #5AA57D

split-complementary

#5A5CA5 #A57D5A #82A55A

monochromatic

#2F3056 #44467D #5A5CA5 #8283BB #A9AAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#5A5CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#5A5CA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A5CA5

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A5CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A5CA5	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4066A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B61A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#416B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a5ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 92, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.114 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d8ac0',
    500: '#5a5ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a5ca5;
$custom-light: #8d8ac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a5ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.4,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50788,
    "c": 0.11428,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A5CA5

secondary

#BEBD9D

accent

#C362C6

background

#F8F8FB

surface

#F0F0F7

border

#CBCBD0

text

#0C0B12

muted

#7D7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A5CA5

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

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