#5EA5BF#5EA5BF

#5EA5BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.081 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EA5BF
RGB	rgb(94, 165, 191)
HSL	hsl(196, 43%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 13.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.20, -15.11, -20.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.20, 25.26, 233.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% -0.0584 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.081 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4717, 33.0493, 54.2116)
Luminance	0.3305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EA5BF #BF785E

analogous

#5EBFA8 #5EA5BF #5E74BF

triadic

#5EA5BF #BF5EA5 #A5BF5E

tetradic

#5EA5BF #A85EBF #BF785E #74BF5E

square

#5EA5BF #A85EBF #BF785E #74BF5E

split-complementary

#5EA5BF #BF5E74 #BFA85E

monochromatic

#2E6274 #4086A0 #5EA5BF #8ABDD0 #B6D6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#5EA5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#5EA5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EA5BF

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EA5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EA5BF	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A2C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8897BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25ADAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ea5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 165, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.081 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bfd2',
    500: '#5ea5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ea5bf;
$custom-light: #92bfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ea5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.082,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68532,
    "c": 0.08092,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EA5BF

secondary

#D0B3A8

accent

#7755D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EA5BF

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

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