#5E51CE#5E51CE

#5E51CE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.186 H 282.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E51CE
RGB	rgb(94, 81, 206)
HSL	hsl(246, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(246, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 60.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.34, 39.33, -63.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.34, 74.48, 301.87°)
OKLab	oklab(51.92% 0.0402 -0.1815)
OKLCH	oklch(51.92% 0.186 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.6957, 12.7197, 59.8505)
Luminance	0.1272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E51CE #C1CE51

analogous

#5183CE #5E51CE #9D51CE

triadic

#5E51CE #CE5E51 #51CE5E

tetradic

#5E51CE #CE5183 #C1CE51 #51CE9D

square

#5E51CE #CE5183 #C1CE51 #51CE9D

split-complementary

#5E51CE #CE9D51 #83CE51

monochromatic

#2E2480 #3F32B0 #5E51CE #8A81DB #B6B1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#5E51CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#5E51CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E51CE

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E51CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E51CE	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B6F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e51ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 81, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.186 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9582de',
    500: '#5e51ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e51ce;
$custom-light: #9582de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e51ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.24,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51924,
    "c": 0.18587,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E51CE

secondary

#D2D7A4

accent

#DF48D0

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F2EFFB

border

#CCCAD4

text

#0E0A15

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E51CE

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

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