#5B8AF6#5B8AF6

#5B8AF6 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.169 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B8AF6
RGB	rgb(91, 138, 246)
HSL	hsl(222, 90%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(222, 63%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 43.9%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.02, 17.18, -58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.02, 61.36, 286.26°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% -0.0162 -0.1682)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.169 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0316, 27.0522, 90.8099)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B8AF6 #F6C75B

analogous

#5BD8F6 #5B8AF6 #795BF6

triadic

#5B8AF6 #F65B8A #8AF65B

tetradic

#5B8AF6 #F65BD8 #F6C75B #5BF679

square

#5B8AF6 #F65BD8 #F6C75B #5BF679

split-complementary

#5B8AF6 #F6795B #D8F65B

monochromatic

#0B45CB #2161F3 #5B8AF6 #95B3F9 #CFDDFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#5B8AF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#5B8AF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B8AF6

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B8AF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B8AF6	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5796FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D87F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b8af6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 138, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.169 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97abfa',
    500: '#5b8af6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b8af6;
$custom-light: #97abfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b8af6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.806,
    "s": 89.595,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6526,
    "c": 0.16898,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B8AF6

secondary

#F0E0BD

accent

#A000E6

background

#FAFAFF

surface

#F3F4FF

border

#CDCED7

text

#0F1017

muted

#7F7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B8AF6

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

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