#5B72E3#5B72E3

#5B72E3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.172 H 271.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B72E3
RGB	rgb(91, 114, 227)
HSL	hsl(230, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(230, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 49.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.61, 25.43, -60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.61, 65.37, 292.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.24% 0.0046 -0.1723)
OKLCH	oklch(59.24% 0.172 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1922, 19.8029, 75.2056)
Luminance	0.1981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B72E3 #E3CC5B

analogous

#5BB6E3 #5B72E3 #885BE3

triadic

#5B72E3 #E35B72 #72E35B

tetradic

#5B72E3 #E35BB6 #E3CC5B #5BE388

square

#5B72E3 #E35BB6 #E3CC5B #5BE388

split-complementary

#5B72E3 #E3885B #B6E35B

monochromatic

#1D34A7 #2745DA #5B72E3 #8F9FEC #C4CCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#5B72E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#5B72E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B72E3

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B72E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B72E3	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3581E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1675E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b72e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 114, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.172 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#959aec',
    500: '#5b72e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b72e3;
$custom-light: #959aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b72e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.853,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59244,
    "c": 0.17241,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B72E3

secondary

#E6DDB4

accent

#B213D3

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B72E3

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

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