#5E5AE5#5E5AE5

#5E5AE5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.204 H 278.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5AE5
RGB	rgb(94, 90, 229)
HSL	hsl(242, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(242, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 60.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.11, 41.19, -70.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.11, 81.44, 300.39°)
OKLab	oklab(55.23% 0.0306 -0.202)
OKLCH	oklch(55.23% 0.204 278.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.4106, 15.3475, 75.8950)
Luminance	0.1535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5AE5 #E1E55A

analogous

#5A9BE5 #5E5AE5 #A45AE5

triadic

#5E5AE5 #E55E5A #5AE55E

tetradic

#5E5AE5 #E55A9B #E1E55A #5AE5A4

square

#5E5AE5 #E55A9B #E1E55A #5AE5A4

split-complementary

#5E5AE5 #E5A45A #9BE55A

monochromatic

#1F1BAA #2A25DD #5E5AE5 #928FED #C5C4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#5E5AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#5E5AE5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5AE5

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5AE5	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 90, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.204 278.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9889ee',
    500: '#5e5ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5ae5;
$custom-light: #9889ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.727,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55229,
    "c": 0.20431,
    "h": 278.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5AE5

secondary

#E5E7B4

accent

#D511CF

background

#FAF8FE

surface

#F3F0FD

border

#CDCBD5

text

#0F0B16

muted

#7F7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5AE5

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

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