#5B5CE6#5B5CE6

#5B5CE6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.204 H 277.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5CE6
RGB	rgb(91, 92, 230)
HSL	hsl(240, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(240, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 60%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.43, 39.83, -70.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.43, 80.80, 299.54°)
OKLab	oklab(55.44% 0.0253 -0.2022)
OKLCH	oklch(55.44% 0.204 277.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.4198, 15.5899, 76.6753)
Luminance	0.1559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5CE6 #E6E55B

analogous

#5BA2E6 #5B5CE6 #9F5BE6

triadic

#5B5CE6 #E65B5C #5CE65B

tetradic

#5B5CE6 #E65BA2 #E6E55B #5BE69F

square

#5B5CE6 #E65BA2 #E6E55B #5BE69F

split-complementary

#5B5CE6 #E69F5B #A2E65B

monochromatic

#1A1BAC #2627DE #5B5CE6 #9091EE #C5C6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#5B5CE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#5B5CE6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5CE6

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5CE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5CE6	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5ce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 92, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.204 277.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#978aef',
    500: '#5b5ce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5ce6;
$custom-light: #978aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5ce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.568,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55438,
    "c": 0.20378,
    "h": 277.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5CE6

secondary

#E7E7B5

accent

#D410D6

background

#FAF8FE

surface

#F3F0FD

border

#CDCBD5

text

#0F0C17

muted

#7F7D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5CE6

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

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