#5B72BE#5B72BE

#5B72BE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.121 H 269.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B72BE
RGB	rgb(91, 114, 190)
HSL	hsl(226, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(226, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 40%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.47, 13.33, -42.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.47, 44.63, 287.38°)
OKLab	oklab(56.91% -0.0009 -0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(56.91% 0.121 269.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6229, 17.9752, 51.1407)
Luminance	0.1798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B72BE #BEA75B

analogous

#5BA3BE #5B72BE #765BBE

triadic

#5B72BE #BE5B72 #72BE5B

tetradic

#5B72BE #BE5BA3 #BEA75B #5BBE76

square

#5B72BE #BE5BA3 #BEA75B #5BBE76

split-complementary

#5B72BE #BE765B #A3BE5B

monochromatic

#2D3D72 #3E549D #5B72BE #8798CF #B3BDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#5B72BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#5B72BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B72BE

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B72BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B72BE	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#537AC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4972BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D828F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b72be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 114, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.121 269.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#909ad2',
    500: '#5b72be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b72be;
$custom-light: #909ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b72be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.061,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56911,
    "c": 0.12062,
    "h": 269.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B72BE

secondary

#CFC6A6

accent

#B655D3

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F1F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0D0E14

muted

#7E7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B72BE

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

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