#5B72A2#5B72A2

#5B72A2 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.080 H 264.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B72A2
RGB	rgb(91, 114, 162)
HSL	hsl(221, 28%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(221, 44%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 29.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.09, 4.63, -28.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.09, 28.86, 279.24°)
OKLab	oklab(55.4% -0.0079 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(55.4% 0.08 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.8512, 16.8665, 36.5430)
Luminance	0.1687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B72A2 #A28B5B

analogous

#5B96A2 #5B72A2 #685BA2

triadic

#5B72A2 #A25B72 #72A25B

tetradic

#5B72A2 #A25B96 #A28B5B #5BA268

square

#5B72A2 #A25B96 #A28B5B #5BA268

split-complementary

#5B72A2 #A2685B #96A25B

monochromatic

#2F3B54 #45567B #5B72A2 #8293B9 #A9B5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#5B72A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#5B72A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B72A2

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B72A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B72A2	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6176A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#596FA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#427C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b72a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 114, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.080 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c9abd',
    500: '#5b72a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b72a2;
$custom-light: #8c9abd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b72a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.563,
    "s": 28.063,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55397,
    "c": 0.08002,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B72A2

secondary

#BDB29C

accent

#A563C4

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0E12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B72A2

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

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