#5B72E6#5B72E6

#5B72E6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.176 H 271.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B72E6
RGB	rgb(91, 114, 230)
HSL	hsl(230, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(230, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 50.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.80, 26.43, -61.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.80, 67.03, 293.22°)
OKLab	oklab(59.45% 0.0049 -0.1764)
OKLCH	oklch(59.45% 0.176 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.6099, 19.9699, 77.4053)
Luminance	0.1997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B72E6 #E6CF5B

analogous

#5BB7E6 #5B72E6 #895BE6

triadic

#5B72E6 #E65B72 #72E65B

tetradic

#5B72E6 #E65BB7 #E6CF5B #5BE689

square

#5B72E6 #E65BB7 #E6CF5B #5BE689

split-complementary

#5B72E6 #E6895B #B7E65B

monochromatic

#1A32AC #2644DE #5B72E6 #90A0EE #C5CDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#5B72E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#5B72E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B72E6

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B72E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B72E6	1.00	4.20	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3182EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0976E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008DA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b72e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 114, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.176 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#959aef',
    500: '#5b72e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b72e6;
$custom-light: #959aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b72e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.072,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59448,
    "c": 0.17648,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B72E6

secondary

#E7DFB5

accent

#B510D6

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B72E6

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

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