#5B8AEE#5B8AEE

#5B8AEE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.158 H 263.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B8AEE
RGB	rgb(91, 138, 238)
HSL	hsl(221, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(221, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 42%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.58, 14.50, -55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.58, 57.07, 284.72°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% -0.0176 -0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.158 263.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8301, 26.5716, 84.4819)
Luminance	0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B8AEE #EEBF5B

analogous

#5BD4EE #5B8AEE #765BEE

triadic

#5B8AEE #EE5B8A #8AEE5B

tetradic

#5B8AEE #EE5BD4 #EEBF5B #5BEE76

square

#5B8AEE #EE5BD4 #EEBF5B #5BEE76

split-complementary

#5B8AEE #EE765B #D4EE5B

monochromatic

#1349BB #2462E8 #5B8AEE #92B2F4 #CAD9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#5B8AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#5B8AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B8AEE

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B8AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B8AEE	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D94F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4787EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b8aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 138, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.158 263.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96abf4',
    500: '#5b8aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b8aee;
$custom-light: #96abf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b8aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.816,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64771,
    "c": 0.15829,
    "h": 263.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B8AEE

secondary

#ECDCB9

accent

#9908DE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B8AEE

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

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