#5E8BDD#5E8BDD

#5E8BDD is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.133 H 261.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8BDD
RGB	rgb(94, 139, 221)
HSL	hsl(219, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(219, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 37.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.10, 8.88, -46.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.10, 47.33, 280.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.15% -0.0195 -0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(64.15% 0.133 261.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.8954, 26.0632, 72.0060)
Luminance	0.2606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8BDD #DDB05E

analogous

#5ECBDD #5E8BDD #715EDD

triadic

#5E8BDD #DD5E8B #8BDD5E

tetradic

#5E8BDD #DD5ECB #DDB05E #5EDD71

square

#5E8BDD #DD5ECB #DDB05E #5EDD71

split-complementary

#5E8BDD #DD715E #CBDD5E

monochromatic

#224E9F #2C67D2 #5E8BDD #91AFE8 #C3D4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#5E8BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#5E8BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8BDD

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8BDD	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6992E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5886DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 139, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.133 261.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95ace8',
    500: '#5e8bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8bdd;
$custom-light: #95ace8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.74,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64149,
    "c": 0.13318,
    "h": 261.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8BDD

secondary

#E3D2B4

accent

#8D19CD

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FC

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8BDD

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

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