#5260E1Arcane Brew (#5260E1) is a mid-tone, saturated blue with an OKLCH hue of 273°, lightness 0.55 and chroma 0.194. It sits on the cool side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #5260E1 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(82, 96, 225) |
| HSL | hsl(234, 70%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(234, 64%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(64%, 57%, 0%, 12%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(46.4 34.3 -67.5) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.552 0.194 273) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Arcane Brew shifts subtly: leans toward purple, loses intensity; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2.2), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#5a5fd4 — ΔE 2.2, shifts subtly: leans toward purple, loses intensity#5762dd — ΔE 1.1, shifts only faintly, with no single dominant change#5260e1 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#5160e4 — ΔE 0.5, is virtually unchangedTest Arcane Brew in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 5.1:1 and against black 4.12:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#b6c5ff · #8397ff · #5260e1 · #3c45bc · #231f8c · #0e0056
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#1a9fea · #3781e9 · #5260e1 · #6345be · #672d97 · #62176f
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#eb7df0 · #ae7bb0 · #5260e1 · #3c46af · #262a8a · #3a053d
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#e9c000 · #8791b7 · #5260e1 · #414d8d · #272f67 · #12173a
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#f8f2de · #858ca5 · #5260e1 · #5c584b · #1d223b · #070400
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#f5f2e6 · #cfcbbe · #a5a192 · #322d1a · #110b00 · #5260e1
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#b0dfd7 · #9cc133 · #9d6fad · #5260e1 · #50674c · #04101c
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#d5ddb8 · #e3b085 · #848f5f · #5260e1 · #785552 · #170729
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#ffede9 · #da634a · #5260e1 · #006b37 · #002d13 · #080000
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#ffecf0 · #d75e83 · #5260e1 · #6b5700 · #002c27 · #0a0500
#687AEC · #7F93F6 · #98ABFF · #B6C4FF · #D3DDFF
#424DC1 · #333AA2 · #242884 · #171567 · #0C024B
#5767CA · #5D6CB3 · #656F9C
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.