#5B8CD5#5B8CD5

#5B8CD5 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.123 H 258.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B8CD5
RGB	rgb(91, 140, 213)
HSL	hsl(216, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(216, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 34.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, 5.08, -42.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 42.75, 276.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% -0.0252 -0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.123 258.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6985, 25.7823, 66.5601)
Luminance	0.2578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B8CD5 #D5A45B

analogous

#5BC9D5 #5B8CD5 #675BD5

triadic

#5B8CD5 #D55B8C #8CD55B

tetradic

#5B8CD5 #D55BC9 #D5A45B #5BD567

square

#5B8CD5 #D55BC9 #D5A45B #5BD567

split-complementary

#5B8CD5 #D5675B #C9D55B

monochromatic

#255091 #326BC1 #5B8CD5 #8CAEE1 #BCD0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#5B8CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#5B8CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B8CD5

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B8CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B8CD5	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E91D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E86D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b8cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 140, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.123 258.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92ade2',
    500: '#5b8cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b8cd5;
$custom-light: #92ade2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b8cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.902,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63772,
    "c": 0.12258,
    "h": 258.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B8CD5

secondary

#DECBAE

accent

#A345E2

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F2F4FB

border

#CCCED4

text

#0E1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B8CD5

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

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