#5E8EA5#5E8EA5

#5E8EA5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.062 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8EA5
RGB	rgb(94, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(199, 28%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(199, 43%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.53, -9.97, -17.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.53, 19.90, 239.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.12% -0.0404 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(62.12% 0.062 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.0783, 24.4409, 39.1969)
Luminance	0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8EA5 #A5755E

analogous

#5EA598 #5E8EA5 #5E6AA5

triadic

#5E8EA5 #A55E8E #8EA55E

tetradic

#5E8EA5 #985EA5 #A5755E #6AA55E

square

#5E8EA5 #985EA5 #A5755E #6AA55E

split-complementary

#5E8EA5 #A55E6A #A5985E

monochromatic

#314B58 #476D7F #5E8EA5 #85AABB #ADC5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#5E8EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#5E8EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8EA5

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8EA5	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828CA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7884A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#419595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.062 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fafbf',
    500: '#5e8ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8ea5;
$custom-light: #8fafbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.437,
    "s": 28.287,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62119,
    "c": 0.06237,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8EA5

secondary

#BFAAA0

accent

#8363C5

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F1F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0D1012

muted

#7E7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8EA5

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

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