#5B8CE1#5B8CE1

#5B8CE1 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.139 H 260.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B8CE1
RGB	rgb(91, 140, 225)
HSL	hsl(218, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(218, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 37.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.43, 9.00, -48.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.43, 49.04, 280.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.43% -0.0223 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(64.43% 0.139 260.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2783, 26.4142, 74.8805)
Luminance	0.2642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B8CE1 #E1B05B

analogous

#5BCFE1 #5B8CE1 #6D5BE1

triadic

#5B8CE1 #E15B8C #8CE15B

tetradic

#5B8CE1 #E15BCF #E1B05B #5BE16D

square

#5B8CE1 #E15BCF #E1B05B #5BE16D

split-complementary

#5B8CE1 #E16D5B #CFE15B

monochromatic

#1E4FA4 #2768D7 #5B8CE1 #8FB0EA #C2D5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#5B8CE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#5B8CE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B8CE1

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B8CE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B8CE1	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6893E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5687DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b8ce1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 140, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.139 260.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94adeb',
    500: '#5b8ce1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b8ce1;
$custom-light: #94adeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b8ce1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.06,
    "s": 69.072,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64433,
    "c": 0.13861,
    "h": 260.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B8CE1

secondary

#E5D3B3

accent

#8C14D1

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B8CE1

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

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