#5E8BDA#5E8BDA

#5E8BDA is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.129 H 261.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8BDA
RGB	rgb(94, 139, 218)
HSL	hsl(218, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(218, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 36.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.95, 7.90, -45.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.95, 45.74, 279.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% -0.0202 -0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.129 261)
XYZ	xyz(26.4992, 25.9047, 69.9197)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8BDA #DAAD5E

analogous

#5EC9DA #5E8BDA #6F5EDA

triadic

#5E8BDA #DA5E8B #8BDA5E

tetradic

#5E8BDA #DA5EC9 #DAAD5E #5EDA6F

square

#5E8BDA #DA5EC9 #DAAD5E #5EDA6F

split-complementary

#5E8BDA #DA6F5E #C9DA5E

monochromatic

#234F9A #2F68CC #5E8BDA #90AFE5 #C2D3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#5E8BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#5E8BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8BDA

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8BDA	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A92DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B86D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 139, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.129 261.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94ace6',
    500: '#5e8bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8bda;
$custom-light: #94ace6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.226,
    "s": 62.626,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63983,
    "c": 0.12913,
    "h": 261
  },
  "luminance": 0.25907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8BDA

secondary

#E1D0B3

accent

#8B1BCA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FC

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8BDA

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

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