#5E8EA2#5E8EA2

#5E8EA2 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.060 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8EA2
RGB	rgb(94, 142, 162)
HSL	hsl(198, 27%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(198, 42%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.42, -10.80, -15.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.42, 19.04, 235.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62% -0.0415 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.06 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.8084, 24.3329, 37.7757)
Luminance	0.2433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8EA2 #A2725E

analogous

#5EA294 #5E8EA2 #5E6CA2

triadic

#5E8EA2 #A25E8E #8EA25E

tetradic

#5E8EA2 #945EA2 #A2725E #6CA25E

square

#5E8EA2 #945EA2 #A2725E #6CA25E

split-complementary

#5E8EA2 #A25E6C #A2945E

monochromatic

#314A55 #476C7B #5E8EA2 #85A9B8 #ACC4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#5E8EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#5E8EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8EA2

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8EA2	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838CA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7984A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#429494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 142, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.060 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fafbd',
    500: '#5e8ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8ea2;
$custom-light: #8fafbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 26.772,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61999,
    "c": 0.05992,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8EA2

secondary

#BDA89F

accent

#8065C3

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0D1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8EA2

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

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