#5E8EA7#5E8EA7

#5E8EA7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.064 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8EA7
RGB	rgb(94, 142, 167)
HSL	hsl(201, 29%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(201, 44%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 15%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.60, -9.41, -18.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.60, 20.54, 242.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% -0.0396 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.064 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.2617, 24.5143, 40.1631)
Luminance	0.2452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8EA7 #A7775E

analogous

#5EA79B #5E8EA7 #5E69A7

triadic

#5E8EA7 #A75E8E #8EA75E

tetradic

#5E8EA7 #9B5EA7 #A7775E #69A75E

square

#5E8EA7 #9B5EA7 #A7775E #69A75E

split-complementary

#5E8EA7 #A75E69 #A79B5E

monochromatic

#314C5A #476D81 #5E8EA7 #86AABD #ADC6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#5E8EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#5E8EA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8EA7

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8EA7	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828CA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7784A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#409596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 142, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.064 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fafc1',
    500: '#5e8ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8ea7;
$custom-light: #8fafc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.548,
    "s": 29.317,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62201,
    "c": 0.06414,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8EA7

secondary

#C1ABA0

accent

#8462C6

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F1F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0D1012

muted

#7E7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8EA7

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

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