#5B5AE6#5B5AE6

#5B5AE6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.206 H 277.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5AE6
RGB	rgb(91, 90, 230)
HSL	hsl(240, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(240, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 60.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.97, 41.03, -71.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.97, 82.04, 300.01°)
OKLab	oklab(55.1% 0.027 -0.2044)
OKLCH	oklch(55.1% 0.206 277.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2489, 15.2479, 76.6183)
Luminance	0.1525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5AE6 #E5E65A

analogous

#5A9FE6 #5B5AE6 #A15AE6

triadic

#5B5AE6 #E65B5A #5AE65B

tetradic

#5B5AE6 #E65A9F #E5E65A #5AE6A1

square

#5B5AE6 #E65A9F #E5E65A #5AE6A1

split-complementary

#5B5AE6 #E6A15A #9FE65A

monochromatic

#1B1AAC #2625DE #5B5AE6 #908FEE #C5C4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#5B5AE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#5B5AE6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5AE6

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5AE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5AE6	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 90, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.206 277.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9789ef',
    500: '#5b5ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5ae6;
$custom-light: #9789ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.429,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.551,
    "c": 0.2062,
    "h": 277.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5AE6

secondary

#E7E7B5

accent

#D610D4

background

#FAF8FE

surface

#F3F0FD

border

#CDCBD5

text

#0F0B17

muted

#7F7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5AE6

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

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