#5F5AE5#5F5AE5

#5F5AE5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.204 H 279.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F5AE5
RGB	rgb(95, 90, 229)
HSL	hsl(242, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(242, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 60.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.18, 41.36, -70.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.18, 81.42, 300.53°)
OKLab	oklab(55.3% 0.0318 -0.2016)
OKLCH	oklch(55.3% 0.204 279)
XYZ	xyz(22.5138, 15.4008, 75.8998)
Luminance	0.1540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F5AE5 #E0E55A

analogous

#5A9BE5 #5F5AE5 #A45AE5

triadic

#5F5AE5 #E55F5A #5AE55F

tetradic

#5F5AE5 #E55A9B #E0E55A #5AE5A4

square

#5F5AE5 #E55A9B #E0E55A #5AE5A4

split-complementary

#5F5AE5 #E5A45A #9BE55A

monochromatic

#201BAA #2C25DD #5F5AE5 #928FED #C6C4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#5F5AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#5F5AE5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F5AE5

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F5AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F5AE5	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	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: #5f5ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 90, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.204 279.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9989ee',
    500: '#5f5ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f5ae5;
$custom-light: #9989ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f5ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.158,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.553,
    "c": 0.20412,
    "h": 279
  },
  "luminance": 0.15402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F5AE5

secondary

#E5E7B4

accent

#D511CE

background

#FAF8FE

surface

#F3F0FD

border

#CDCBD5

text

#0F0B16

muted

#7F7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F5AE5

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

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