#5E8AEE#5E8AEE

#5E8AEE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.157 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8AEE
RGB	rgb(94, 138, 238)
HSL	hsl(222, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(222, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 42%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.72, 15.04, -54.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.72, 56.98, 285.31°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% -0.015 -0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.157 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1319, 26.7272, 84.4960)
Luminance	0.2673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8AEE #EEC25E

analogous

#5ED2EE #5E8AEE #7A5EEE

triadic

#5E8AEE #EE5E8A #8AEE5E

tetradic

#5E8AEE #EE5ED2 #EEC25E #5EEE7A

square

#5E8AEE #EE5ED2 #EEC25E #5EEE7A

split-complementary

#5E8AEE #EE7A5E #D2EE5E

monochromatic

#1448BE #2762E8 #5E8AEE #95B2F4 #CDDAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#5E8AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#5E8AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8AEE

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8AEE	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D94F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4887EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 138, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.157 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97abf4',
    500: '#5e8aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8aee;
$custom-light: #97abf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.667,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64923,
    "c": 0.15727,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8AEE

secondary

#ECDDBB

accent

#9C08DD

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0F1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8AEE

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

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