#5E5ACE#5E5ACE

#5E5ACE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.174 H 280.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5ACE
RGB	rgb(94, 90, 206)
HSL	hsl(242, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(242, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 56.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.44, 33.91, -59.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.44, 68.78, 299.54°)
OKLab	oklab(53.48% 0.0311 -0.1714)
OKLCH	oklch(53.48% 0.174 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.4094, 14.1470, 60.0884)
Luminance	0.1415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5ACE #CACE5A

analogous

#5A90CE #5E5ACE #985ACE

triadic

#5E5ACE #CE5E5A #5ACE5E

tetradic

#5E5ACE #CE5A90 #CACE5A #5ACE98

square

#5E5ACE #CE5A90 #CACE5A #5ACE98

split-complementary

#5E5ACE #CE985A #90CE5A

monochromatic

#2B2886 #3A36B5 #5E5ACE #8C89DC #BAB8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#5E5ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#5E5ACE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5ACE

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5ACE	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0065CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29758B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 90, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.174 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9589de',
    500: '#5e5ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5ace;
$custom-light: #9589de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.069,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53477,
    "c": 0.17418,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5ACE

secondary

#D7D9AB

accent

#DE4AD8

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F2F0FB

border

#CCCBD4

text

#0E0B15

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5ACE

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

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