#5E99BD#5E99BD

#5E99BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.082 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E99BD
RGB	rgb(94, 153, 189)
HSL	hsl(203, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(203, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 19%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.64, -9.16, -24.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.64, 26.22, 249.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.67% -0.045 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(65.67% 0.082 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1893, 28.8343, 52.3724)
Luminance	0.2884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E99BD #BD825E

analogous

#5EBDB1 #5E99BD #5E69BD

triadic

#5E99BD #BD5E99 #99BD5E

tetradic

#5E99BD #B15EBD #BD825E #69BD5E

square

#5E99BD #B15EBD #BD825E #69BD5E

split-complementary

#5E99BD #BD5E69 #BDB15E

monochromatic

#2F5872 #407A9D #5E99BD #89B4CF #B5D0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#5E99BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#5E99BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E99BD

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E99BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E99BD	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8898BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CA2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e99bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 153, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.082 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91b7d1',
    500: '#5e99bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e99bd;
$custom-light: #91b7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e99bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.737,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65674,
    "c": 0.0818,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E99BD

secondary

#CFB7A8

accent

#8556D2

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F6F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E99BD

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

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