#5B97EE#5B97EE

#5B97EE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.144 H 257.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B97EE
RGB	rgb(91, 151, 238)
HSL	hsl(216, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(216, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 36.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.11, 6.79, -49.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.11, 50.05, 277.80°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% -0.0307 -0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.144 257.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8081, 30.5276, 85.1412)
Luminance	0.3053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B97EE #EEB25B

analogous

#5BE1EE #5B97EE #695BEE

triadic

#5B97EE #EE5B97 #97EE5B

tetradic

#5B97EE #EE5BE1 #EEB25B #5BEE69

square

#5B97EE #EE5BE1 #EEB25B #5BEE69

split-complementary

#5B97EE #EE695B #E1EE5B

monochromatic

#1358BB #2474E8 #5B97EE #92BAF4 #CADDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#5B97EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#5B97EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5B97EE

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B97EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B97EE	1.00	2.96	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#719EF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D90EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b97ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 151, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.144 257.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96b5f4',
    500: '#5b97ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b97ee;
$custom-light: #96b5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b97ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.51,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67506,
    "c": 0.14402,
    "h": 257.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B97EE

secondary

#ECD7B9

accent

#8608DE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1117

muted

#7E8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B97EE

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

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