#5E85BE#5E85BE

#5E85BE is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.098 H 257.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E85BE
RGB	rgb(94, 133, 190)
HSL	hsl(216, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(216, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 30%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.94, 2.59, -33.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.94, 34.07, 274.36°)
OKLab	oklab(61.2% -0.0207 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(61.2% 0.098 257.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.2947, 22.8709, 51.9449)
Luminance	0.2287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E85BE #BE975E

analogous

#5EB5BE #5E85BE #675EBE

triadic

#5E85BE #BE5E85 #85BE5E

tetradic

#5E85BE #BE5EB5 #BE975E #5EBE67

square

#5E85BE #BE5EB5 #BE975E #5EBE67

split-complementary

#5E85BE #BE675E #B5BE5E

monochromatic

#2E4A73 #40679F #5E85BE #8AA6D0 #B5C7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#5E85BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#5E85BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E85BE

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E85BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E85BE	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F89C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#319299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e85be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 133, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.098 257.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91a8d2',
    500: '#5e85be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e85be;
$custom-light: #91a8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e85be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.625,
    "s": 42.478,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61203,
    "c": 0.09756,
    "h": 257.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E85BE

secondary

#D0C0A8

accent

#A056D2

background

#F9FAFC

surface

#F2F4F9

border

#CCCED2

text

#0D0F14

muted

#7E7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E85BE

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

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