#5B6099#5B6099

#5B6099 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.090 H 278.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B6099
RGB	rgb(91, 96, 153)
HSL	hsl(235, 25%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(235, 41%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 37.3%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.60, 13.02, -31.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.60, 34.33, 292.30°)
OKLab	oklab(51% 0.0139 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(51% 0.09 278.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.2453, 12.8892, 31.8681)
Luminance	0.1289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B6099 #99945B

analogous

#5B7F99 #5B6099 #755B99

triadic

#5B6099 #995B60 #60995B

tetradic

#5B6099 #995B7F #99945B #5B9975

square

#5B6099 #995B7F #99945B #5B9975

split-complementary

#5B6099 #99755B #7F995B

monochromatic

#2D304C #444873 #5B6099 #7F83B3 #A5A8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#5B6099 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#5B6099 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B6099

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B6099	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B6099	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D679B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#496298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#486B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b6099;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 96, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.090 278.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8db7',
    500: '#5b6099',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b6099;
$custom-light: #8c8db7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b6099",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.161,
    "s": 25.41,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51003,
    "c": 0.09022,
    "h": 278.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B6099

secondary

#B7B598

accent

#BA66C2

background

#F8F8FB

surface

#F0F0F6

border

#CBCBD0

text

#0C0C11

muted

#7D7D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B6099

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

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