#5E8CD4#5E8CD4

#5E8CD4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.120 H 259.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8CD4
RGB	rgb(94, 140, 212)
HSL	hsl(217, 58%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(217, 56%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 34%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, 5.39, -41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 42.06, 277.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% -0.0228 -0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.12 259.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8737, 25.8872, 65.9079)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8CD4 #D4A65E

analogous

#5EC7D4 #5E8CD4 #6B5ED4

triadic

#5E8CD4 #D45E8C #8CD45E

tetradic

#5E8CD4 #D45EC7 #D4A65E #5ED46B

square

#5E8CD4 #D45EC7 #D4A65E #5ED46B

split-complementary

#5E8CD4 #D46B5E #C7D45E

monochromatic

#275091 #346BC1 #5E8CD4 #8EAFE1 #BFD1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#5E8CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#5E8CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8CD4

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8CD4	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)

#6F91D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6086D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#099CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 140, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.120 259.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94ade1',
    500: '#5e8cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8cd4;
$custom-light: #94ade1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.61,
    "s": 57.843,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63874,
    "c": 0.11998,
    "h": 259.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8CD4

secondary

#DECCB0

accent

#A547E1

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F2F4FB

border

#CCCED4

text

#0E1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8CD4

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

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