#5A5EA5#5A5EA5

#5A5EA5 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.111 H 279.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A5EA5
RGB	rgb(90, 94, 165)
HSL	hsl(237, 29%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(237, 45%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 43%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.60, 17.65, -38.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.60, 42.70, 294.41°)
OKLab	oklab(51.2% 0.0179 -0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(51.2% 0.111 279.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.0086, 12.8949, 37.2882)
Luminance	0.1290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A5EA5 #A5A15A

analogous

#5A84A5 #5A5EA5 #7B5AA5

triadic

#5A5EA5 #A55A5E #5EA55A

tetradic

#5A5EA5 #A55A84 #A5A15A #5AA57B

square

#5A5EA5 #A55A84 #A5A15A #5AA57B

split-complementary

#5A5EA5 #A57B5A #84A55A

monochromatic

#2F3156 #44477D #5A5EA5 #8285BB #A9ABD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#5A5EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#5A5EA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A5EA5

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A5EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A5EA5	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4368A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E62A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#416D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a5ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 94, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.111 279.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d8bc0',
    500: '#5a5ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a5ea5;
$custom-light: #8d8bc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a5ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.8,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51197,
    "c": 0.11138,
    "h": 279.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A5EA5

secondary

#BEBC9D

accent

#C062C6

background

#F8F8FB

surface

#F0F0F7

border

#CBCBD0

text

#0C0C12

muted

#7D7D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A5EA5

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

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