#5E8CEE#5E8CEE

#5E8CEE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.155 H 263.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8CEE
RGB	rgb(94, 140, 238)
HSL	hsl(221, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(221, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 41.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, 13.85, -54.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 55.85, 284.36°)
OKLab	oklab(65.33% -0.017 -0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(65.33% 0.155 263.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4215, 27.3063, 84.5925)
Luminance	0.2731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8CEE #EEC05E

analogous

#5ED4EE #5E8CEE #785EEE

triadic

#5E8CEE #EE5E8C #8CEE5E

tetradic

#5E8CEE #EE5ED4 #EEC05E #5EEE78

square

#5E8CEE #EE5ED4 #EEC05E #5EEE78

split-complementary

#5E8CEE #EE785E #D4EE5E

monochromatic

#144ABE #2764E8 #5E8CEE #95B4F4 #CDDBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#5E8CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#5E8CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8CEE

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8CEE	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6096F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C89EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 140, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.155 263.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97adf4',
    500: '#5e8cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8cee;
$custom-light: #97adf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.833,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65335,
    "c": 0.15496,
    "h": 263.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8CEE

secondary

#ECDDBB

accent

#9908DD

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0F1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8CEE

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

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