#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
RGBrgb(94, 138, 206)
HSLhsl(216, 53%, 59%)
HSVhsv(216, 54%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(54.4%, 33%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(57.09, 4.65, -39.67)
CIE-LCHlch(57.09, 39.94, 276.69°)
OKLaboklab(63.12% -0.0221 -0.1119)
OKLCHoklch(63.12% 0.114 258.8)
XYZxyz(24.8413, 25.0109, 61.8991)
Luminance0.2501 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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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
##5E8ACE1.003.506.006.00
#FFFFFF3.501.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0021.001.001.00
##0000006.0021.001.001.00

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

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#5E8ACE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva