#5E8AEC#5E8AEC

#5E8AEC is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.155 H 264.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8AEC
RGB	rgb(94, 138, 236)
HSL	hsl(221, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(221, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 41.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.61, 14.38, -54.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.61, 55.91, 284.91°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% -0.0153 -0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.155 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8397, 26.6103, 82.9571)
Luminance	0.2661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8AEC #ECC05E

analogous

#5ED1EC #5E8AEC #795EEC

triadic

#5E8AEC #EC5E8A #8AEC5E

tetradic

#5E8AEC #EC5ED1 #ECC05E #5EEC79

square

#5E8AEC #EC5ED1 #ECC05E #5EEC79

split-complementary

#5E8AEC #EC795E #D1EC5E

monochromatic

#1649BA #2762E6 #5E8AEC #95B2F2 #CBDAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#5E8AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#5E8AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8AEC

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8AEC	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E94F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A87EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 138, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.155 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97abf3',
    500: '#5e8aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8aec;
$custom-light: #97abf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.408,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64803,
    "c": 0.15457,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8AEC

secondary

#EBDCBB

accent

#9A0ADB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0F1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8AEC

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

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