#5B8AED#5B8AED

#5B8AED is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.157 H 263.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B8AED
RGB	rgb(91, 138, 237)
HSL	hsl(221, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(221, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 41.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.52, 14.17, -54.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.52, 56.54, 284.51°)
OKLab	oklab(64.71% -0.0178 -0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(64.71% 0.157 263.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6836, 26.5130, 83.7103)
Luminance	0.2652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B8AED #EDBE5B

analogous

#5BD3ED #5B8AED #755BED

triadic

#5B8AED #ED5B8A #8AED5B

tetradic

#5B8AED #ED5BD3 #EDBE5B #5BED75

square

#5B8AED #ED5BD3 #EDBE5B #5BED75

split-complementary

#5B8AED #ED755B #D3ED5B

monochromatic

#1449B9 #2463E7 #5B8AED #92B1F3 #C9D9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#5B8AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#5B8AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B8AED

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B8AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B8AED	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D94F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4887EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b8aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 138, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.157 263.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96abf3',
    500: '#5b8aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b8aed;
$custom-light: #96abf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b8aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.685,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64711,
    "c": 0.15695,
    "h": 263.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B8AED

secondary

#EBDBB9

accent

#9809DD

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B8AED

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

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