#5E8CD8#5E8CD8

#5E8CD8 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.125 H 260.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8CD8
RGB	rgb(94, 140, 216)
HSL	hsl(217, 61%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(217, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 35.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.12, 6.67, -43.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.12, 44.16, 278.68°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% -0.0218 -0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.125 260)
XYZ	xyz(26.3846, 26.0916, 68.5982)
Luminance	0.2609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8CD8 #D8AA5E

analogous

#5EC9D8 #5E8CD8 #6D5ED8

triadic

#5E8CD8 #D85E8C #8CD85E

tetradic

#5E8CD8 #D85EC9 #D8AA5E #5ED86D

square

#5E8CD8 #D85EC9 #D8AA5E #5ED86D

split-complementary

#5E8CD8 #D86D5E #C9D85E

monochromatic

#255097 #316AC8 #5E8CD8 #8FAFE4 #C1D2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#5E8CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#5E8CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8CD8

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8CD8	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D92DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D86D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 140, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.125 260.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94ade4',
    500: '#5e8cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8cd8;
$custom-light: #94ade4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.377,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64089,
    "c": 0.12536,
    "h": 260
  },
  "luminance": 0.26094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8CD8

secondary

#E0CFB2

accent

#881DC9

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FC

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1015

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8CD8

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

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