#5E8BEE#5E8BEE

#5E8BEE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.156 H 264.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8BEE
RGB	rgb(94, 139, 238)
HSL	hsl(221, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(221, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, 14.44, -54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 56.41, 284.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% -0.016 -0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.156 264.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2760, 27.0154, 84.5440)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8BEE #EEC15E

analogous

#5ED3EE #5E8BEE #795EEE

triadic

#5E8BEE #EE5E8B #8BEE5E

tetradic

#5E8BEE #EE5ED3 #EEC15E #5EEE79

square

#5E8BEE #EE5ED3 #EEC15E #5EEE79

split-complementary

#5E8BEE #EE795E #D3EE5E

monochromatic

#1449BE #2763E8 #5E8BEE #95B3F4 #CDDBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#5E8BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#5E8BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8BEE

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8BEE	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F95F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A88EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 139, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.156 264.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97acf4',
    500: '#5e8bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8bee;
$custom-light: #97acf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.25,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65129,
    "c": 0.15611,
    "h": 264.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8BEE

secondary

#ECDDBB

accent

#9B08DD

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0F1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8BEE

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

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