#5E8DBD#5E8DBD

#5E8DBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.089 H 249.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8DBD
RGB	rgb(94, 141, 189)
HSL	hsl(210, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 25.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.17, -2.38, -29.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.17, 30.01, 265.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% -0.0306 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.089 249.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3231, 25.1018, 51.7504)
Luminance	0.2510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8DBD #BD8E5E

analogous

#5EBCBD #5E8DBD #5E5EBD

triadic

#5E8DBD #BD5E8D #8DBD5E

tetradic

#5E8DBD #BD5EBC #BD8E5E #5EBD5E

square

#5E8DBD #BD5EBC #BD8E5E #5EBD5E

split-complementary

#5E8DBD #BD5E5E #BCBD5E

monochromatic

#2F5072 #406E9D #5E8DBD #89ACCF #B5CAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#5E8DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#5E8DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8DBD

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8DBD	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D85BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 141, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.089 249.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91aed1',
    500: '#5e8dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8dbd;
$custom-light: #91aed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.316,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62942,
    "c": 0.08907,
    "h": 249.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8DBD

secondary

#CFBCA8

accent

#9556D2

background

#F9FAFC

surface

#F1F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0D1014

muted

#7E7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8DBD

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

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