#5EA5CE#5EA5CE

#5EA5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.094 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EA5CE
RGB	rgb(94, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(202, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(202, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, -10.69, -27.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 29.72, 248.92°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% -0.0528 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.094 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.2077, 33.7437, 63.3545)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EA5CE #CE875E

analogous

#5ECEBF #5EA5CE #5E6DCE

triadic

#5EA5CE #CE5EA5 #A5CE5E

tetradic

#5EA5CE #BF5ECE #CE875E #6DCE5E

square

#5EA5CE #BF5ECE #CE875E #6DCE5E

split-complementary

#5EA5CE #CE5E6D #CEBF5E

monochromatic

#296588 #3888B7 #5EA5CE #8DBFDC #BCD9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#5EA5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#5EA5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EA5CE

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EA5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EA5CE	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8298CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ea5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.094 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bfdd',
    500: '#5ea5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ea5ce;
$custom-light: #93bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ea5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.964,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69161,
    "c": 0.09365,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EA5CE

secondary

#DABEAE

accent

#804BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EA5CE

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

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