#5E8EDD#5E8EDD

#5E8EDD is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.130 H 259.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8EDD
RGB	rgb(94, 142, 221)
HSL	hsl(217, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(217, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 35.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.92, 7.10, -45.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.92, 45.74, 278.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.79% -0.0227 -0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(64.79% 0.13 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3357, 26.9439, 72.1528)
Luminance	0.2695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8EDD #DDAD5E

analogous

#5ECDDD #5E8EDD #6E5EDD

triadic

#5E8EDD #DD5E8E #8EDD5E

tetradic

#5E8EDD #DD5ECD #DDAD5E #5EDD6E

square

#5E8EDD #DD5ECD #DDAD5E #5EDD6E

split-complementary

#5E8EDD #DD6E5E #CDDD5E

monochromatic

#22519F #2C6BD2 #5E8EDD #91B1E8 #C3D5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#5E8EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#5E8EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8EDD

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8EDD	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D94E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D88DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 142, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.130 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95aee8',
    500: '#5e8edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8edd;
$custom-light: #95aee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.323,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6479,
    "c": 0.12992,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8EDD

secondary

#E3D1B4

accent

#8919CD

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FC

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8EDD

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

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