#5B8ADD#5B8ADD

#5B8ADD is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.135 H 261.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5B8ADD
RGBrgb(91, 138, 221)
HSLhsl(218, 66%, 61%)
HSVhsv(218, 59%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(58.8%, 37.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(57.67, 8.87, -47.17)
CIE-LCHlch(57.67, 48.00, 280.65°)
OKLaboklab(63.78% -0.0211 -0.1338)
OKLCHoklch(63.78% 0.135 261.1)
XYZxyz(26.4495, 25.6193, 71.9438)
Luminance0.2562 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5B8ADD #DDAE5B
analogous
#5BCBDD #5B8ADD #6D5BDD
triadic
#5B8ADD #DD5B8A #8ADD5B
tetradic
#5B8ADD #DD5BCB #DDAE5B #5BDD6D
square
#5B8ADD #DD5BCB #DDAE5B #5BDD6D
split-complementary
#5B8ADD #DD6D5B #CBDD5B
monochromatic
#214E9D #2B67D0 #5B8ADD #8EAEE8 #C0D2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43
#5B8ADD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12
#5B8ADD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B8ADD
6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5B8ADD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5B8ADD1.003.436.126.12
#FFFFFF3.431.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1221.001.001.00
##0000006.1221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6791E0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5685DB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009DA9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5b8add;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 138, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.135 261.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93abe8',
    500: '#5b8add',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5b8add;
$custom-light: #93abe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5b8add",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.308,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63781,
    "c": 0.13544,
    "h": 261.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5B8ADD
secondary
#E2D1B1
accent
#8C18CE
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F2F4FC
border
#CCCED5
text
#0E1016
muted
#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B8ADD

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#5B8ADD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva