#5491E5#5491E5

#5491E5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.141 H 256.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5491E5
RGB	rgb(84, 145, 229)
HSL	hsl(215, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(215, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 36.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, 6.09, -48.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 48.82, 277.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% -0.0322 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.141 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.9193, 27.7901, 78.0062)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5491E5 #E5A854

analogous

#54D9E5 #5491E5 #6054E5

triadic

#5491E5 #E55491 #91E554

tetradic

#5491E5 #E554D9 #E5A854 #54E560

square

#5491E5 #E554D9 #E5A854 #54E560

split-complementary

#5491E5 #E56054 #D9E554

monochromatic

#1954A5 #216FDB #5491E5 #89B3ED #BED5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#5491E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#5491E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5491E5

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5491E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5491E5	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C97E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#588AE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5491e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 145, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.141 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91b0ed',
    500: '#5491e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5491e5;
$custom-light: #91b0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5491e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.759,
    "s": 73.604,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65401,
    "c": 0.14127,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5491E5

secondary

#E6CFAF

accent

#8210D6

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5491E5

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

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