#5E99AE#5E99AE

#5E99AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.069 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E99AE
RGB	rgb(94, 153, 174)
HSL	hsl(196, 33%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 46%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 12.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.08, -13.49, -16.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.08, 21.66, 231.49°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% -0.0506 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.069 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.6445, 28.2164, 44.2365)
Luminance	0.2822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E99AE #AE735E

analogous

#5EAE9B #5E99AE #5E71AE

triadic

#5E99AE #AE5E99 #99AE5E

tetradic

#5E99AE #9B5EAE #AE735E #71AE5E

square

#5E99AE #9B5EAE #AE735E #71AE5E

split-complementary

#5E99AE #AE5E71 #AE9B5E

monochromatic

#315461 #45788A #5E99AE #87B3C2 #AFCDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#5E99AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#5E99AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E99AE

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E99AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E99AE	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D96AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e99ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 153, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.069 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90b7c6',
    500: '#5e99ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e99ae;
$custom-light: #90b7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e99ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.75,
    "s": 33.058,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65053,
    "c": 0.06893,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E99AE

secondary

#C5ACA3

accent

#7B5FC9

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1113

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E99AE

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

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