#5B4EBE#5B4EBE

#5B4EBE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.169 H 283.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4EBE
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 190)
HSL	hsl(247, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(247, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 58.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.23, 35.60, -57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.23, 67.54, 301.81°)
OKLab	oklab(49.94% 0.04 -0.1644)
OKLCH	oklch(49.94% 0.169 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.3302, 11.3897, 50.0432)
Luminance	0.1139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4EBE #B1BE4E

analogous

#4E79BE #5B4EBE #934EBE

triadic

#5B4EBE #BE5B4E #4EBE5B

tetradic

#5B4EBE #BE4E79 #B1BE4E #4EBE93

square

#5B4EBE #BE4E79 #B1BE4E #4EBE93

split-complementary

#5B4EBE #BE934E #79BE4E

monochromatic

#2F276A #433897 #5B4EBE #847BCE #AEA8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#5B4EBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#5B4EBE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4EBE

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4EBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4EBE	1.00	6.41	3.28	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33687E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4ebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.169 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9180d2',
    500: '#5b4ebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4ebe;
$custom-light: #9180d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4ebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.964,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49944,
    "c": 0.16916,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4EBE

secondary

#C7CC9C

accent

#D652C7

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EEFA

border

#CCC9D3

text

#0E0A14

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4EBE

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

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