#5E9DB7#5E9DB7

#5E9DB7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.075 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E9DB7
RGB	rgb(94, 157, 183)
HSL	hsl(198, 38%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 49%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 14.2%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.58, -13.10, -19.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.58, 23.70, 236.45°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% -0.052 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.075 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2172, 29.9105, 49.2350)
Luminance	0.2991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E9DB7 #B7785E

analogous

#5EB7A5 #5E9DB7 #5E71B7

triadic

#5E9DB7 #B75E9D #9DB75E

tetradic

#5E9DB7 #A55EB7 #B7785E #71B75E

square

#5E9DB7 #A55EB7 #B7785E #71B75E

split-complementary

#5E9DB7 #B75E71 #B7A55E

monochromatic

#305A6B #437D95 #5E9DB7 #88B7CA #B3D0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#5E9DB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#5E9DB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E9DB7

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E9DB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E9DB7	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9AB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8290B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e9db7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 157, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.075 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bacc',
    500: '#5e9db7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e9db7;
$custom-light: #91bacc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e9db7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.528,
    "s": 38.197,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66348,
    "c": 0.07544,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E9DB7

secondary

#CBB1A6

accent

#7C5ACE

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1113

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E9DB7

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

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