#5E8ADE#5E8ADE

#5E8ADE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.136 H 262.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8ADE
RGB	rgb(94, 138, 222)
HSL	hsl(219, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(219, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 37.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, 9.79, -47.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 48.41, 281.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% -0.0182 -0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.136 262.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8848, 25.8283, 72.6617)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8ADE #DEB25E

analogous

#5ECADE #5E8ADE #725EDE

triadic

#5E8ADE #DE5E8A #8ADE5E

tetradic

#5E8ADE #DE5ECA #DEB25E #5EDE72

square

#5E8ADE #DE5ECA #DEB25E #5EDE72

split-complementary

#5E8ADE #DE725E #CADE5E

monochromatic

#214DA1 #2B65D3 #5E8ADE #91AFE8 #C4D4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#5E8ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#5E8ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8ADE

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8ADE	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6791E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5686DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 138, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.136 262.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95abe9',
    500: '#5e8ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8ade;
$custom-light: #95abe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.375,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63993,
    "c": 0.13565,
    "h": 262.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8ADE

secondary

#E4D3B4

accent

#8F18CE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8ADE

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

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