#5E99DD#5E99DD

#5E99DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.119 H 253.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E99DD
RGB	rgb(94, 153, 221)
HSL	hsl(212, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(212, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 30.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.98, 0.69, -40.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.98, 40.38, 270.98°)
OKLab	oklab(67.18% -0.0347 -0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(67.18% 0.119 253)
XYZ	xyz(29.0538, 30.3801, 72.7255)
Luminance	0.3038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E99DD #DDA25E

analogous

#5ED9DD #5E99DD #635EDD

triadic

#5E99DD #DD5E99 #99DD5E

tetradic

#5E99DD #DD5ED9 #DDA25E #5EDD63

square

#5E99DD #DD5ED9 #DDA25E #5EDD63

split-complementary

#5E99DD #DD635E #D9DD5E

monochromatic

#225C9F #2C79D2 #5E99DD #91B9E8 #C3D9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#5E99DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#5E99DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5E99DD

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E99DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E99DD	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D9DE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C90DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e99dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 153, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.119 253.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95b6e8',
    500: '#5e99dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e99dd;
$custom-light: #95b6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e99dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.126,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67178,
    "c": 0.11898,
    "h": 253
  },
  "luminance": 0.30383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E99DD

secondary

#E3CDB4

accent

#7919CD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E99DD

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

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