#5E99BB#5E99BB

#5E99BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.080 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E99BB
RGB	rgb(94, 153, 187)
HSL	hsl(202, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(202, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 18.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.56, -9.75, -23.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.56, 25.50, 247.53°)
OKLab	oklab(65.59% -0.0457 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(65.59% 0.08 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9737, 28.7481, 51.2370)
Luminance	0.2875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E99BB #BB805E

analogous

#5EBBAE #5E99BB #5E6BBB

triadic

#5E99BB #BB5E99 #99BB5E

tetradic

#5E99BB #AE5EBB #BB805E #6BBB5E

square

#5E99BB #AE5EBB #BB805E #6BBB5E

split-complementary

#5E99BB #BB5E6B #BBAE5E

monochromatic

#2F5870 #417A9B #5E99BB #89B4CD #B4D0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#5E99BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#5E99BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E99BB

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E99BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E99BB	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8998BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EA2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e99bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 153, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.080 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91b7cf',
    500: '#5e99bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e99bb;
$custom-light: #91b7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e99bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.935,
    "s": 40.611,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65588,
    "c": 0.07983,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E99BB

secondary

#CEB5A7

accent

#8457D0

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F6F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0D1113

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E99BB

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

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