#5EA5CD#5EA5CD

#5EA5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.093 H 235.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EA5CD
RGB	rgb(94, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(202, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(202, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, -10.99, -27.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 29.37, 248.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.12% -0.0532 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(69.12% 0.093 235)
XYZ	xyz(29.0866, 33.6952, 62.7168)
Luminance	0.3370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EA5CD #CD865E

analogous

#5ECDBE #5EA5CD #5E6DCD

triadic

#5EA5CD #CD5EA5 #A5CD5E

tetradic

#5EA5CD #BE5ECD #CD865E #6DCD5E

square

#5EA5CD #BE5ECD #CD865E #6DCD5E

split-complementary

#5EA5CD #CD5E6D #CDBE5E

monochromatic

#2A6587 #3888B5 #5EA5CD #8DBFDC #BBD9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#5EA5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#5EA5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EA5CD

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EA5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EA5CD	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ea5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.093 235.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bfdc',
    500: '#5ea5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ea5cd;
$custom-light: #93bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ea5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.622,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69117,
    "c": 0.09269,
    "h": 235
  },
  "luminance": 0.33698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EA5CD

secondary

#D9BDAD

accent

#804CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EA5CD

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

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