#5EA5D8#5EA5D8

#5EA5D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.104 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EA5D8
RGB	rgb(94, 165, 216)
HSL	hsl(205, 61%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(205, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 23.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, -7.64, -32.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 33.54, 256.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% -0.0494 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.104 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4613, 34.2451, 69.9571)
Luminance	0.3425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EA5D8 #D8915E

analogous

#5ED8CE #5EA5D8 #5E68D8

triadic

#5EA5D8 #D85EA5 #A5D85E

tetradic

#5EA5D8 #CE5ED8 #D8915E #68D85E

square

#5EA5D8 #CE5ED8 #D8915E #68D85E

split-complementary

#5EA5D8 #D85E68 #D8CE5E

monochromatic

#256797 #3189C8 #5EA5D8 #8FC1E4 #C1DCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#5EA5D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#5EA5D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EA5D8

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EA5D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EA5D8	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA5DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E99D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ea5d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 165, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.104 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94bfe4',
    500: '#5ea5d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ea5d8;
$custom-light: #94bfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ea5d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.082,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69607,
    "c": 0.10393,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EA5D8

secondary

#E0C5B2

accent

#651DC9

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EA5D8

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

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