#5B8AEC#5B8AEC

#5B8AEC is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.156 H 263.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B8AEC
RGB	rgb(91, 138, 236)
HSL	hsl(221, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(221, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 41.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.47, 13.83, -54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.47, 56.00, 284.30°)
OKLab	oklab(64.65% -0.018 -0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(64.65% 0.156 263.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5379, 26.4547, 82.9430)
Luminance	0.2646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B8AEC #ECBD5B

analogous

#5BD2EC #5B8AEC #755BEC

triadic

#5B8AEC #EC5B8A #8AEC5B

tetradic

#5B8AEC #EC5BD2 #ECBD5B #5BEC75

square

#5B8AEC #EC5BD2 #ECBD5B #5BEC75

split-complementary

#5B8AEC #EC755B #D2EC5B

monochromatic

#154AB7 #2463E6 #5B8AEC #92B1F2 #C9D8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#5B8AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#5B8AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B8AEC

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B8AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B8AEC	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E94F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4986EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b8aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 138, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.156 263.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95abf3',
    500: '#5b8aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b8aec;
$custom-light: #95abf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b8aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.552,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64651,
    "c": 0.15561,
    "h": 263.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B8AEC

secondary

#EBDAB8

accent

#980ADC

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B8AEC

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

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