#5B97EB#5B97EB

#5B97EB is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.140 H 257.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B97EB
RGB	rgb(91, 151, 235)
HSL	hsl(215, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(215, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 35.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.96, 5.81, -48.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.96, 48.52, 276.87°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% -0.0314 -0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.14 257.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3710, 30.3527, 82.8393)
Luminance	0.3036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B97EB #EBAF5B

analogous

#5BDFEB #5B97EB #675BEB

triadic

#5B97EB #EB5B97 #97EB5B

tetradic

#5B97EB #EB5BDF #EBAF5B #5BEB67

square

#5B97EB #EB5BDF #EBAF5B #5BEB67

split-complementary

#5B97EB #EB675B #DFEB5B

monochromatic

#1659B5 #2474E4 #5B97EB #92BAF2 #C8DCF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#5B97EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#5B97EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5B97EB

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B97EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B97EB	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739DEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F90E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b97eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 151, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.140 257.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95b5f2',
    500: '#5b97eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b97eb;
$custom-light: #95b5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b97eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215,
    "s": 78.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67341,
    "c": 0.14014,
    "h": 257.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B97EB

secondary

#EAD5B8

accent

#840BDB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1117

muted

#7E8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B97EB

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

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