#5E8BD2#5E8BD2

#5E8BD2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.118 H 259.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8BD2
RGB	rgb(94, 139, 210)
HSL	hsl(217, 56%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(217, 55%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 33.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.56, 5.34, -41.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.56, 41.53, 277.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.0222 -0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.118 259.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4776, 25.4960, 64.5389)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8BD2 #D2A55E

analogous

#5EC5D2 #5E8BD2 #6B5ED2

triadic

#5E8BD2 #D25E8B #8BD25E

tetradic

#5E8BD2 #D25EC5 #D2A55E #5ED26B

square

#5E8BD2 #D25EC5 #D2A55E #5ED26B

split-complementary

#5E8BD2 #D26B5E #C5D25E

monochromatic

#284F8E #356ABE #5E8BD2 #8EADDF #BED0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#5E8BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#5E8BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8BD2

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8BD2	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E90D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6085D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#119BA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 139, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.118 259.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93ace0',
    500: '#5e8bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8bd2;
$custom-light: #93ace0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.724,
    "s": 56.311,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63551,
    "c": 0.11836,
    "h": 259.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8BD2

secondary

#DCCBAF

accent

#A548E0

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F2F4FB

border

#CCCED4

text

#0E1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8BD2

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

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