#5E9BB2#5E9BB2

#5E9BB2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.072 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E9BB2
RGB	rgb(94, 155, 178)
HSL	hsl(196, 35%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 47%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 12.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.81, -13.44, -18.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.81, 22.55, 233.41°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% -0.0515 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.072 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3704, 29.0349, 46.4309)
Luminance	0.2904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E9BB2 #B2755E

analogous

#5EB29F #5E9BB2 #5E71B2

triadic

#5E9BB2 #B25E9B #9BB25E

tetradic

#5E9BB2 #9F5EB2 #B2755E #71B25E

square

#5E9BB2 #9F5EB2 #B2755E #71B25E

split-complementary

#5E9BB2 #B25E71 #B29F5E

monochromatic

#305765 #447A8F #5E9BB2 #87B5C6 #B1CEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#5E9BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#5E9BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E9BB2

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E9BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E9BB2	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E98B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828FB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35A2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e9bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 155, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.072 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90b8c9',
    500: '#5e9bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e9bb2;
$custom-light: #90b8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e9bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.429,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6568,
    "c": 0.07179,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E9BB2

secondary

#C8AEA4

accent

#7B5CCB

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1113

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E9BB2

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

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