#5B4AE5#5B4AE5

#5B4AE5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.223 H 280.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4AE5
RGB	rgb(91, 74, 229)
HSL	hsl(247, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(247, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 67.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.43, 49.96, -76.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.43, 91.18, 303.23°)
OKLab	oklab(52.5% 0.0402 -0.2198)
OKLCH	oklch(52.5% 0.223 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.9015, 12.7773, 75.4784)
Luminance	0.1278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4AE5 #D4E54A

analogous

#4A86E5 #5B4AE5 #A94AE5

triadic

#5B4AE5 #E55B4A #4AE55B

tetradic

#5B4AE5 #E54A86 #D4E54A #4AE5A9

square

#5B4AE5 #E54A86 #D4E54A #4AE5A9

split-complementary

#5B4AE5 #E5A94A #86E54A

monochromatic

#26179E #321ED3 #5B4AE5 #8B80ED #BCB5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#5B4AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#5B4AE5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4AE5

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4AE5	1.00	5.91	3.56	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 74, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.223 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#987eee',
    500: '#5b4ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4ae5;
$custom-light: #987eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.581,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52497,
    "c": 0.22344,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4AE5

secondary

#DDE4A7

accent

#F136DD

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EEFD

border

#CEC9D5

text

#0F0A17

muted

#7F7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4AE5

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

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