#5B5AE5#5B5AE5

#5B5AE5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.205 H 277.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5AE5
RGB	rgb(91, 90, 229)
HSL	hsl(240, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(240, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 60.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.90, 40.71, -70.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.90, 81.50, 299.97°)
OKLab	oklab(55.02% 0.0271 -0.2031)
OKLCH	oklch(55.02% 0.205 277.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.1089, 15.1919, 75.8808)
Luminance	0.1519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5AE5 #E4E55A

analogous

#5A9EE5 #5B5AE5 #A15AE5

triadic

#5B5AE5 #E55B5A #5AE55B

tetradic

#5B5AE5 #E55A9E #E4E55A #5AE5A1

square

#5B5AE5 #E55A9E #E4E55A #5AE5A1

split-complementary

#5B5AE5 #E5A15A #9EE55A

monochromatic

#1C1BAA #2625DD #5B5AE5 #908FED #C4C4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#5B5AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#5B5AE5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5AE5

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5AE5	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 90, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.205 277.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9789ee',
    500: '#5b5ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5ae5;
$custom-light: #9789ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.432,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5502,
    "c": 0.20492,
    "h": 277.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5AE5

secondary

#E6E7B4

accent

#D511D3

background

#FAF8FE

surface

#F3F0FD

border

#CDCBD5

text

#0F0B16

muted

#7F7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5AE5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →