#5E8BCD#5E8BCD

#5E8BCD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.112 H 257.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8BCD
RGB	rgb(94, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(216, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(216, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, 3.75, -38.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 38.92, 275.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% -0.0235 -0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.112 257.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8644, 25.2508, 61.3094)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8BCD #CDA05E

analogous

#5EC2CD #5E8BCD #685ECD

triadic

#5E8BCD #CD5E8B #8BCD5E

tetradic

#5E8BCD #CD5EC2 #CDA05E #5ECD68

square

#5E8BCD #CD5EC2 #CDA05E #5ECD68

split-complementary

#5E8BCD #CD685E #C2CD5E

monochromatic

#2A5087 #386BB5 #5E8BCD #8DADDC #BBCEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#5E8BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#5E8BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8BCD

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8BCD	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718FD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6385CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C9AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.112 257.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93acdc',
    500: '#5e8bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8bcd;
$custom-light: #93acdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.676,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63289,
    "c": 0.11165,
    "h": 257.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8BCD

secondary

#D9C8AD

accent

#A24CDC

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F2F4FB

border

#CCCED4

text

#0E1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8BCD

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

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