#5E51E5#5E51E5

#5E51E5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.215 H 280.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E51E5
RGB	rgb(94, 81, 229)
HSL	hsl(245, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(245, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 64.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.12, 46.45, -73.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.12, 86.94, 302.29°)
OKLab	oklab(53.78% 0.0384 -0.2116)
OKLCH	oklch(53.78% 0.215 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.6969, 13.9201, 75.6571)
Luminance	0.1392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E51E5 #D8E551

analogous

#518EE5 #5E51E5 #A851E5

triadic

#5E51E5 #E55E51 #51E55E

tetradic

#5E51E5 #E5518E #D8E551 #51E5A8

square

#5E51E5 #E5518E #D8E551 #51E5A8

split-complementary

#5E51E5 #E5A851 #8EE551

monochromatic

#2518A3 #3120D8 #5E51E5 #8F86ED #C1BBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#5E51E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#5E51E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E51E5

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E51E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E51E5	1.00	5.55	3.78	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e51e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 81, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.215 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9983ee',
    500: '#5e51e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e51e5;
$custom-light: #9983ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e51e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.27,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53778,
    "c": 0.21501,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E51E5

secondary

#E0E5AD

accent

#D60FC5

background

#FAF8FE

surface

#F4EFFD

border

#CECAD5

text

#0F0B17

muted

#7F7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E51E5

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

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