#5E8CED#5E8CED

#5E8CED is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.154 H 263.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8CED
RGB	rgb(94, 140, 237)
HSL	hsl(221, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(221, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 40.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, 13.52, -53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 55.32, 284.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% -0.0172 -0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.154 263.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2750, 27.2477, 83.8209)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8CED #EDBF5E

analogous

#5ED4ED #5E8CED #775EED

triadic

#5E8CED #ED5E8C #8CED5E

tetradic

#5E8CED #ED5ED4 #EDBF5E #5EED77

square

#5E8CED #ED5ED4 #EDBF5E #5EED77

split-complementary

#5E8CED #ED775E #D4ED5E

monochromatic

#154BBC #2765E7 #5E8CED #95B3F3 #CCDBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#5E8CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#5E8CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8CED

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8CED	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6196F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D88EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 140, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.154 263.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97adf3',
    500: '#5e8ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8ced;
$custom-light: #97adf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.699,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65276,
    "c": 0.15361,
    "h": 263.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8CED

secondary

#ECDCBB

accent

#9809DC

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0F1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8CED

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

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