#5B8EE2#5B8EE2

#5B8EE2 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.138 H 259.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B8EE2
RGB	rgb(91, 142, 226)
HSL	hsl(217, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(217, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 37.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, 8.14, -47.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 48.51, 279.66°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% -0.0242 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.138 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7100, 27.0587, 75.6993)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B8EE2 #E2AF5B

analogous

#5BD2E2 #5B8EE2 #6B5BE2

triadic

#5B8EE2 #E25B8E #8EE25B

tetradic

#5B8EE2 #E25BD2 #E2AF5B #5BE26B

square

#5B8EE2 #E25BD2 #E2AF5B #5BE26B

split-complementary

#5B8EE2 #E26B5B #D2E25B

monochromatic

#1D51A5 #276AD9 #5B8EE2 #8FB2EB #C3D6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#5B8EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#5B8EE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B8EE2

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B8EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B8EE2	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)

#6A95E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5888E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b8ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 142, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.138 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94aeeb',
    500: '#5b8ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b8ee2;
$custom-light: #94aeeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b8ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.333,
    "s": 69.948,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64916,
    "c": 0.13777,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B8EE2

secondary

#E5D2B4

accent

#8A14D2

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B8EE2

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

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