#5E59E5#5E59E5

#5E59E5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.206 H 278.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E59E5
RGB	rgb(94, 89, 229)
HSL	hsl(242, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(242, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 61.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.88, 41.78, -70.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.88, 82.05, 300.61°)
OKLab	oklab(55.06% 0.0315 -0.2031)
OKLCH	oklch(55.06% 0.206 278.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.3268, 15.1800, 75.8670)
Luminance	0.1518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E59E5 #E0E559

analogous

#599AE5 #5E59E5 #A459E5

triadic

#5E59E5 #E55E59 #59E55E

tetradic

#5E59E5 #E5599A #E0E559 #59E5A4

square

#5E59E5 #E5599A #E0E559 #59E5A4

split-complementary

#5E59E5 #E5A459 #9AE559

monochromatic

#201AA9 #2B24DD #5E59E5 #918EED #C5C3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#5E59E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#5E59E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E59E5

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E59E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E59E5	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e59e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 89, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.206 278.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9888ee',
    500: '#5e59e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e59e5;
$custom-light: #9888ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e59e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.143,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55063,
    "c": 0.20552,
    "h": 278.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E59E5

secondary

#E5E6B3

accent

#D510CE

background

#FAF8FE

surface

#F3F0FD

border

#CDCBD5

text

#0F0B16

muted

#7F7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E59E5

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

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