#5E81BD#5E81BD

#5E81BD is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.100 H 260.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E81BD
RGB	rgb(94, 129, 189)
HSL	hsl(218, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(218, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 31.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.76, 4.65, -35.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.76, 35.54, 277.51°)
OKLab	oklab(60.27% -0.0161 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(60.27% 0.1 260.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.6486, 21.7528, 51.1922)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E81BD #BD9A5E

analogous

#5EB0BD #5E81BD #6A5EBD

triadic

#5E81BD #BD5E81 #81BD5E

tetradic

#5E81BD #BD5EB0 #BD9A5E #5EBD6A

square

#5E81BD #BD5EB0 #BD9A5E #5EBD6A

split-complementary

#5E81BD #BD6A5E #B0BD5E

monochromatic

#2F4772 #40639D #5E81BD #89A3CF #B5C5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#5E81BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#5E81BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E81BD

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E81BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E81BD	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A85C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#338E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e81bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 129, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.100 260.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91a5d1',
    500: '#5e81bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e81bd;
$custom-light: #91a5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e81bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.895,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60271,
    "c": 0.10034,
    "h": 260.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E81BD

secondary

#CFC1A8

accent

#A456D2

background

#F9FAFC

surface

#F1F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0D0F14

muted

#7E7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E81BD

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

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