#5E8CD0#5E8CD0

#5E8CD0 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.115 H 258.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8CD0
RGB	rgb(94, 140, 208)
HSL	hsl(216, 55%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(216, 55%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 32.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.74, 4.11, -39.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.74, 39.98, 275.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% -0.0238 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.115 258)
XYZ	xyz(25.3754, 25.6879, 63.2833)
Luminance	0.2569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8CD0 #D0A25E

analogous

#5EC5D0 #5E8CD0 #695ED0

triadic

#5E8CD0 #D05E8C #8CD05E

tetradic

#5E8CD0 #D05EC5 #D0A25E #5ED069

square

#5E8CD0 #D05EC5 #D0A25E #5ED069

split-complementary

#5E8CD0 #D0695E #C5D05E

monochromatic

#29508B #366CBA #5E8CD0 #8DAEDE #BDD0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#5E8CD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#5E8CD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8CD0

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8CD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8CD0	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7191D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6286CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#159BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8cd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 140, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.115 258.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93adde',
    500: '#5e8cd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8cd0;
$custom-light: #93adde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8cd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.789,
    "s": 54.808,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63663,
    "c": 0.11463,
    "h": 258
  },
  "luminance": 0.2569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8CD0

secondary

#DBC9AF

accent

#A24ADE

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F2F4FB

border

#CCCED4

text

#0E1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8CD0

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

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