#5E8CD9#5E8CD9

#5E8CD9 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.127 H 260.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8CD9
RGB	rgb(94, 140, 217)
HSL	hsl(218, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(218, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 35.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.17, 6.99, -44.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.17, 44.69, 279.00°)
OKLab	oklab(64.14% -0.0215 -0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(64.14% 0.127 260.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5142, 26.1434, 69.2811)
Luminance	0.2615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8CD9 #D9AB5E

analogous

#5EC9D9 #5E8CD9 #6D5ED9

triadic

#5E8CD9 #D95E8C #8CD95E

tetradic

#5E8CD9 #D95EC9 #D9AB5E #5ED96D

square

#5E8CD9 #D95EC9 #D9AB5E #5ED96D

split-complementary

#5E8CD9 #D96D5E #C9D95E

monochromatic

#245099 #3069CA #5E8CD9 #90AFE5 #C1D3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#5E8CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#5E8CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8CD9

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8CD9	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C92DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D87D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 140, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.127 260.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94ade5',
    500: '#5e8cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8cd9;
$custom-light: #94ade5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.561,
    "s": 61.809,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64143,
    "c": 0.12669,
    "h": 260.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8CD9

secondary

#E1CFB2

accent

#891CCA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FC

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8CD9

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

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