#5B8BED#5B8BED

#5B8BED is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.156 H 263.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B8BED
RGB	rgb(91, 139, 237)
HSL	hsl(220, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(220, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 41.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.79, 13.57, -54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.79, 55.98, 284.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% -0.0188 -0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.156 263.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8277, 26.8012, 83.7583)
Luminance	0.2680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B8BED #EDBD5B

analogous

#5BD4ED #5B8BED #745BED

triadic

#5B8BED #ED5B8B #8BED5B

tetradic

#5B8BED #ED5BD4 #EDBD5B #5BED74

square

#5B8BED #ED5BD4 #EDBD5B #5BED74

split-complementary

#5B8BED #ED745B #D4ED5B

monochromatic

#144BB9 #2464E7 #5B8BED #92B2F3 #C9D9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#5B8BED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#5B8BED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B8BED

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B8BED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B8BED	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F95F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A87EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b8bed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 139, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.156 263.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96acf3',
    500: '#5b8bed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b8bed;
$custom-light: #96acf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b8bed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.274,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64919,
    "c": 0.1558,
    "h": 263.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B8BED

secondary

#EBDBB9

accent

#9709DD

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B8BED

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

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