#5E99EE#5E99EE

#5E99EE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.141 H 257.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E99EE
RGB	rgb(94, 153, 238)
HSL	hsl(215, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(215, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 35.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, 6.17, -48.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 48.90, 277.25°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% -0.0303 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.141 257.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4345, 31.3324, 85.2635)
Luminance	0.3134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E99EE #EEB35E

analogous

#5EE1EE #5E99EE #6B5EEE

triadic

#5E99EE #EE5E99 #99EE5E

tetradic

#5E99EE #EE5EE1 #EEB35E #5EEE6B

square

#5E99EE #EE5EE1 #EEB35E #5EEE6B

split-complementary

#5E99EE #EE6B5E #E1EE5E

monochromatic

#1459BE #2776E8 #5E99EE #95BCF4 #CDDFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#5E99EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#5E99EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5E99EE

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E99EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E99EE	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#759FF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6192EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e99ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 153, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.141 257.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97b6f4',
    500: '#5e99ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e99ee;
$custom-light: #97b6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e99ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.417,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68072,
    "c": 0.14078,
    "h": 257.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E99EE

secondary

#ECD8BB

accent

#8608DD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0F1117

muted

#7E8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E99EE

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

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