#5E81BE#5E81BE

#5E81BE is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.102 H 261.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E81BE
RGB	rgb(94, 129, 190)
HSL	hsl(218, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(218, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 32.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.81, 4.96, -35.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.81, 36.08, 277.90°)
OKLab	oklab(60.32% -0.0158 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(60.32% 0.102 261)
XYZ	xyz(21.7575, 21.7964, 51.7658)
Luminance	0.2180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E81BE #BE9B5E

analogous

#5EB1BE #5E81BE #6B5EBE

triadic

#5E81BE #BE5E81 #81BE5E

tetradic

#5E81BE #BE5EB1 #BE9B5E #5EBE6B

square

#5E81BE #BE5EB1 #BE9B5E #5EBE6B

split-complementary

#5E81BE #BE6B5E #B1BE5E

monochromatic

#2E4873 #40639F #5E81BE #8AA3D0 #B5C5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#5E81BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#5E81BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E81BE

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E81BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E81BE	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6986C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#328E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e81be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 129, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.102 261.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91a5d2',
    500: '#5e81be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e81be;
$custom-light: #91a5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e81be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.125,
    "s": 42.478,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60323,
    "c": 0.10172,
    "h": 261
  },
  "luminance": 0.21798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E81BE

secondary

#D0C1A8

accent

#A556D2

background

#F9FAFC

surface

#F2F4F9

border

#CCCED2

text

#0D0F14

muted

#7E7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E81BE

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

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