#5B72E5#5B72E5

#5B72E5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.175 H 271.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B72E5
RGB	rgb(91, 114, 229)
HSL	hsl(230, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(230, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 50.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.74, 26.10, -61.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.74, 66.47, 293.12°)
OKLab	oklab(59.38% 0.0048 -0.1751)
OKLCH	oklch(59.38% 0.175 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4698, 19.9139, 76.6678)
Luminance	0.1992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B72E5 #E5CE5B

analogous

#5BB7E5 #5B72E5 #895BE5

triadic

#5B72E5 #E55B72 #72E55B

tetradic

#5B72E5 #E55BB7 #E5CE5B #5BE589

square

#5B72E5 #E55BB7 #E5CE5B #5BE589

split-complementary

#5B72E5 #E5895B #B7E55B

monochromatic

#1B33AB #2645DD #5B72E5 #909FED #C5CDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#5B72E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#5B72E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B72E5

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B72E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B72E5	1.00	4.21	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3382E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F76E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008CA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b72e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 114, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.175 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#959aee',
    500: '#5b72e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b72e5;
$custom-light: #959aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b72e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5938,
    "c": 0.17513,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B72E5

secondary

#E7DFB5

accent

#B411D5

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B72E5

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

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