#5E8ACE#5E8ACE

#5E8ACE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.114 H 258.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8ACE
RGB	rgb(94, 138, 206)
HSL	hsl(216, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(216, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 33%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, 4.65, -39.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 39.94, 276.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% -0.0221 -0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.114 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8413, 25.0109, 61.8991)
Luminance	0.2501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8ACE #CEA25E

analogous

#5EC2CE #5E8ACE #6A5ECE

triadic

#5E8ACE #CE5E8A #8ACE5E

tetradic

#5E8ACE #CE5EC2 #CEA25E #5ECE6A

square

#5E8ACE #CE5EC2 #CEA25E #5ECE6A

split-complementary

#5E8ACE #CE6A5E #C2CE5E

monochromatic

#294F88 #386AB7 #5E8ACE #8DACDC #BCCEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#5E8ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#5E8ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8ACE

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8ACE	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8FD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6184CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B99A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 138, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.114 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93abdd',
    500: '#5e8ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8ace;
$custom-light: #93abdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.429,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63123,
    "c": 0.11402,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8ACE

secondary

#DAC9AE

accent

#A44BDD

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F2F4FB

border

#CCCED4

text

#0E1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8ACE

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

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