#5E51BE#5E51BE

#5E51BE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.165 H 284.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E51BE
RGB	rgb(94, 81, 190)
HSL	hsl(247, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(247, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 57.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.19, 34.39, -55.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.19, 65.58, 301.63°)
OKLab	oklab(50.71% 0.0406 -0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(50.71% 0.165 284.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.8500, 11.9814, 50.1300)
Luminance	0.1198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E51BE #B1BE51

analogous

#517ABE #5E51BE #9451BE

triadic

#5E51BE #BE5E51 #51BE5E

tetradic

#5E51BE #BE517A #B1BE51 #51BE94

square

#5E51BE #BE517A #B1BE51 #51BE94

split-complementary

#5E51BE #BE9451 #7ABE51

monochromatic

#30286C #443999 #5E51BE #877ECF #B0AADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#5E51BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#5E51BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E51BE

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E51BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E51BE	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A6A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e51be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 81, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.165 284.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9382d2',
    500: '#5e51be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e51be;
$custom-light: #9382d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e51be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.156,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50712,
    "c": 0.16476,
    "h": 284.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E51BE

secondary

#C7CD9E

accent

#D553C6

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F2EFFA

border

#CCCAD3

text

#0E0A14

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E51BE

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

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