#5E8DCE#5E8DCE

#5E8DCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.111 H 256.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8DCE
RGB	rgb(94, 141, 206)
HSL	hsl(215, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 31.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, 2.89, -38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 38.46, 274.31°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% -0.0255 -0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.111 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2777, 25.8837, 62.0445)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8DCE #CE9F5E

analogous

#5EC5CE #5E8DCE #675ECE

triadic

#5E8DCE #CE5E8D #8DCE5E

tetradic

#5E8DCE #CE5EC5 #CE9F5E #5ECE67

square

#5E8DCE #CE5EC5 #CE9F5E #5ECE67

split-complementary

#5E8DCE #CE675E #C5CE5E

monochromatic

#295188 #386DB7 #5E8DCE #8DAEDC #BCCFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#5E8DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#5E8DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8DCE

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8DCE	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7391D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6586CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#199CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 141, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.111 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93aedd',
    500: '#5e8dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8dce;
$custom-light: #93aedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.821,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63779,
    "c": 0.11098,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8DCE

secondary

#DAC7AE

accent

#A04BDD

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F2F4FB

border

#CCCED4

text

#0E1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8DCE

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

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