#5B49E5#5B49E5

#5B49E5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.225 H 280.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B49E5
RGB	rgb(91, 73, 229)
HSL	hsl(247, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(247, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 68.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.22, 50.52, -76.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.22, 91.76, 303.40°)
OKLab	oklab(52.35% 0.0409 -0.2208)
OKLCH	oklch(52.35% 0.225 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.8353, 12.6449, 75.4563)
Luminance	0.1265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B49E5 #D3E549

analogous

#4985E5 #5B49E5 #A949E5

triadic

#5B49E5 #E55B49 #49E55B

tetradic

#5B49E5 #E54985 #D3E549 #49E5A9

square

#5B49E5 #E54985 #D3E549 #49E5A9

split-complementary

#5B49E5 #E5A949 #85E549

monochromatic

#26169D #331ED3 #5B49E5 #8B7FED #BCB4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#5B49E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#5B49E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B49E5

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B49E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B49E5	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b49e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 73, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.225 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#987dee',
    500: '#5b49e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b49e5;
$custom-light: #987dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b49e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.923,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52352,
    "c": 0.22453,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B49E5

secondary

#DCE3A6

accent

#F236DC

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFD

border

#CEC9D5

text

#0F0A17

muted

#7F7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B49E5

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

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