#5F599B#5F599B

#5F599B is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.103 H 286.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F599B
RGB	rgb(95, 89, 155)
HSL	hsl(245, 27%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(245, 43%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 42.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.13, 19.11, -35.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.13, 40.10, 298.47°)
OKLab	oklab(50% 0.0288 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(50% 0.103 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.2064, 11.9437, 32.5608)
Luminance	0.1194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F599B #959B59

analogous

#59749B #5F599B #80599B

triadic

#5F599B #9B5F59 #599B5F

tetradic

#5F599B #9B5974 #959B59 #599B80

square

#5F599B #9B5974 #959B59 #599B80

split-complementary

#5F599B #9B8059 #749B59

monochromatic

#2F2C4D #474374 #5F599B #827DB4 #A7A4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#5F599B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#5F599B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F599B

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F599B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F599B	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#43639E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#415F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F6672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f599b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 89, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.103 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f88b9',
    500: '#5f599b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f599b;
$custom-light: #8f88b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f599b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.455,
    "s": 27.049,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49995,
    "c": 0.10331,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F599B

secondary

#B5B897

accent

#C364BB

background

#F8F8FB

surface

#F0EFF6

border

#CBCAD0

text

#0D0B11

muted

#7D7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F599B

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

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