#5E99CD#5E99CD

#5E99CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.099 H 246.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E99CD
RGB	rgb(94, 153, 205)
HSL	hsl(208, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(208, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 25.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.28, -4.32, -32.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.28, 32.84, 262.43°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% -0.0395 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.099 246.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0228, 29.5677, 62.0289)
Luminance	0.2957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E99CD #CD925E

analogous

#5ECDC9 #5E99CD #5E61CD

triadic

#5E99CD #CD5E99 #99CD5E

tetradic

#5E99CD #C95ECD #CD925E #61CD5E

square

#5E99CD #C95ECD #CD925E #61CD5E

split-complementary

#5E99CD #CD5E61 #CDC95E

monochromatic

#2A5B87 #387BB5 #5E99CD #8DB7DC #BBD4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#5E99CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#5E99CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E99CD

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E99CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E99CD	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839ACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14A5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e99cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 153, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.099 246.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93b6dc',
    500: '#5e99cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e99cd;
$custom-light: #93b6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e99cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.108,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66396,
    "c": 0.09939,
    "h": 246.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E99CD

secondary

#D9C2AD

accent

#8F4CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E99CD

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

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