#5EA5BE#5EA5BE

#5EA5BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.080 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EA5BE
RGB	rgb(94, 165, 190)
HSL	hsl(196, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.17, -15.39, -19.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.17, 25.03, 232.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% -0.0587 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.08 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3620, 33.0054, 53.6340)
Luminance	0.3301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EA5BE #BE775E

analogous

#5EBEA7 #5EA5BE #5E75BE

triadic

#5EA5BE #BE5EA5 #A5BE5E

tetradic

#5EA5BE #A75EBE #BE775E #75BE5E

square

#5EA5BE #A75EBE #BE775E #75BE5E

split-complementary

#5EA5BE #BE5E75 #BEA75E

monochromatic

#2E6173 #40869F #5EA5BE #8ABDD0 #B5D6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#5EA5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#5EA5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EA5BE

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EA5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EA5BE	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A2BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8897BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26ADAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ea5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 165, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.080 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bfd1',
    500: '#5ea5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ea5be;
$custom-light: #92bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ea5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.625,
    "s": 42.478,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68492,
    "c": 0.08022,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EA5BE

secondary

#D0B2A8

accent

#7656D2

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EA5BE

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

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