#5B8CED#5B8CED

#5B8CED is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.155 H 262.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B8CED
RGB	rgb(91, 140, 237)
HSL	hsl(220, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(220, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 40.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, 12.97, -53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 55.42, 283.54°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% -0.0198 -0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.155 262.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9732, 27.0921, 83.8068)
Luminance	0.2710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B8CED #EDBC5B

analogous

#5BD5ED #5B8CED #735BED

triadic

#5B8CED #ED5B8C #8CED5B

tetradic

#5B8CED #ED5BD5 #EDBC5B #5BED73

square

#5B8CED #ED5BD5 #EDBC5B #5BED73

split-complementary

#5B8CED #ED735B #D5ED5B

monochromatic

#144CB9 #2465E7 #5B8CED #92B3F3 #C9D9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#5B8CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#5B8CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B8CED

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B8CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B8CED	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6195F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B88EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b8ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 140, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.155 262.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96adf3',
    500: '#5b8ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b8ced;
$custom-light: #96adf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b8ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.863,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65127,
    "c": 0.15467,
    "h": 262.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B8CED

secondary

#EBDAB9

accent

#9609DD

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B8CED

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

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