#5E8CD2#5E8CD2

#5E8CD2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.117 H 258.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8CD2
RGB	rgb(94, 140, 210)
HSL	hsl(216, 56%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(216, 55%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 33.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, 4.75, -40.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 41.02, 276.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% -0.0233 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.117 258.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6230, 25.7869, 64.5874)
Luminance	0.2579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8CD2 #D2A45E

analogous

#5EC6D2 #5E8CD2 #6A5ED2

triadic

#5E8CD2 #D25E8C #8CD25E

tetradic

#5E8CD2 #D25EC6 #D2A45E #5ED26A

square

#5E8CD2 #D25EC6 #D2A45E #5ED26A

split-complementary

#5E8CD2 #D26A5E #C6D25E

monochromatic

#28508E #356BBE #5E8CD2 #8EAEDF #BED0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#5E8CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#5E8CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8CD2

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8CD2	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7091D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6186D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#109CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 140, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.117 258.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93ade0',
    500: '#5e8cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8cd2;
$custom-light: #93ade0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.207,
    "s": 56.311,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63768,
    "c": 0.11731,
    "h": 258.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8CD2

secondary

#DCCBAF

accent

#A448E0

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F2F4FB

border

#CCCED4

text

#0E1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8CD2

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

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