#5E8DEE#5E8DEE

#5E8DEE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.154 H 263.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8DEE
RGB	rgb(94, 141, 238)
HSL	hsl(220, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(220, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 40.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.53, 13.25, -53.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.53, 55.29, 283.87°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% -0.018 -0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.154 263.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5682, 27.5999, 84.6415)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8DEE #EEBF5E

analogous

#5ED5EE #5E8DEE #775EEE

triadic

#5E8DEE #EE5E8D #8DEE5E

tetradic

#5E8DEE #EE5ED5 #EEBF5E #5EEE77

square

#5E8DEE #EE5ED5 #EEBF5E #5EEE77

split-complementary

#5E8DEE #EE775E #D5EE5E

monochromatic

#144BBE #2766E8 #5E8DEE #95B4F4 #CDDBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#5E8DEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#5E8DEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8DEE

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8DEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8DEE	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6296F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E89EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8dee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 141, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.154 263.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97adf4',
    500: '#5e8dee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8dee;
$custom-light: #97adf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8dee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.417,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65543,
    "c": 0.15382,
    "h": 263.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8DEE

secondary

#ECDCBB

accent

#9808DD

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0F1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8DEE

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

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