#5E8EB0#5E8EB0

#5E8EB0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.073 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8EB0
RGB	rgb(94, 142, 176)
HSL	hsl(205, 34%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(205, 47%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.6%, 19.3%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.94, -6.82, -22.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.94, 23.88, 253.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% -0.0363 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.073 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.1228, 24.8587, 44.6983)
Luminance	0.2486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8EB0 #B0805E

analogous

#5EB0A9 #5E8EB0 #5E65B0

triadic

#5E8EB0 #B05E8E #8EB05E

tetradic

#5E8EB0 #A95EB0 #B0805E #65B05E

square

#5E8EB0 #A95EB0 #B0805E #65B05E

split-complementary

#5E8EB0 #B05E65 #B0A95E

monochromatic

#314E63 #456E8C #5E8EB0 #87ABC4 #B0C8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#5E8EB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#5E8EB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8EB0

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8EB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8EB0	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8EB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7485AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A9699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8eb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 142, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.073 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90afc7',
    500: '#5e8eb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8eb0;
$custom-light: #90afc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8eb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.878,
    "s": 34.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62581,
    "c": 0.07316,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8EB0

secondary

#C7B2A3

accent

#8B5ECA

background

#F9FAFC

surface

#F1F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0D1013

muted

#7E7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8EB0

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

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