#5E8CD6#5E8CD6

#5E8CD6 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.123 H 259.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8CD6
RGB	rgb(94, 140, 214)
HSL	hsl(217, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(217, 56%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 34.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.03, 6.03, -42.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.03, 43.11, 278.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% -0.0223 -0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.123 259.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1276, 25.9888, 67.2448)
Luminance	0.2599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8CD6 #D6A85E

analogous

#5EC8D6 #5E8CD6 #6C5ED6

triadic

#5E8CD6 #D65E8C #8CD65E

tetradic

#5E8CD6 #D65EC8 #D6A85E #5ED66C

square

#5E8CD6 #D65EC8 #D6A85E #5ED66C

split-complementary

#5E8CD6 #D66C5E #C8D65E

monochromatic

#265094 #326AC5 #5E8CD6 #8FAFE2 #C0D2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#5E8CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#5E8CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8CD6

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8CD6	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E92D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F86D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#019CA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 140, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.123 259.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94ade3',
    500: '#5e8cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8cd6;
$custom-light: #94ade3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217,
    "s": 59.406,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63981,
    "c": 0.12267,
    "h": 259.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8CD6

secondary

#DFCDB1

accent

#861EC7

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F2F4FB

border

#CCCED4

text

#0E1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8CD6

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

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