#5E8AAE#5E8AAE

#5E8AAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.073 H 244.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8AAE
RGB	rgb(94, 138, 174)
HSL	hsl(207, 33%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 46%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 20.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.70, -5.13, -23.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.70, 24.20, 257.75°)
OKLab	oklab(61.58% -0.032 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(61.58% 0.073 244)
XYZ	xyz(21.3419, 23.6112, 43.4690)
Luminance	0.2361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8AAE #AE825E

analogous

#5EAEAA #5E8AAE #5E62AE

triadic

#5E8AAE #AE5E8A #8AAE5E

tetradic

#5E8AAE #AA5EAE #AE825E #62AE5E

square

#5E8AAE #AA5EAE #AE825E #62AE5E

split-complementary

#5E8AAE #AE5E62 #AEAA5E

monochromatic

#314B61 #456B8A #5E8AAE #87A8C2 #AFC5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#5E8AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#5E8AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8AAE

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8AAE	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8AB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7082AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C9396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 138, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.073 244.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90acc6',
    500: '#5e8aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8aae;
$custom-light: #90acc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207,
    "s": 33.058,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61575,
    "c": 0.07308,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.23613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8AAE

secondary

#C5B2A3

accent

#8F5FC9

background

#F9FAFC

surface

#F1F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0D1013

muted

#7E7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8AAE

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

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