#5E8EE3#5E8EE3

#5E8EE3 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.138 H 261.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8EE3
RGB	rgb(94, 142, 227)
HSL	hsl(218, 70%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(218, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 37.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, 9.05, -48.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 48.90, 280.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% -0.0213 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.138 261.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1494, 27.2693, 76.4382)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8EE3 #E3B35E

analogous

#5ED0E3 #5E8EE3 #705EE3

triadic

#5E8EE3 #E35E8E #8EE35E

tetradic

#5E8EE3 #E35ED0 #E3B35E #5EE370

square

#5E8EE3 #E35ED0 #E3B35E #5EE370

split-complementary

#5E8EE3 #E3705E #D0E35E

monochromatic

#1D50A9 #2A69DA #5E8EE3 #92B3EC #C6D7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#5E8EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#5E8EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8EE3

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8EE3	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A95E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5989E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 142, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.138 261.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96aeec',
    500: '#5e8ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8ee3;
$custom-light: #96aeec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.346,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65122,
    "c": 0.13795,
    "h": 261.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8EE3

secondary

#E6D5B6

accent

#8D13D2

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8EE3

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

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