#5EA5E1#5EA5E1

#5EA5E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.114 H 245.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EA5E1
RGB	rgb(94, 165, 225)
HSL	hsl(207, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(207, 58%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 26.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, -4.85, -37.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 37.35, 262.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.0466 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.114 245.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6569, 34.7233, 76.2536)
Luminance	0.3473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EA5E1 #E19A5E

analogous

#5EE1DB #5EA5E1 #5E64E1

triadic

#5EA5E1 #E15EA5 #A5E15E

tetradic

#5EA5E1 #DB5EE1 #E19A5E #64E15E

square

#5EA5E1 #DB5EE1 #E19A5E #64E15E

split-complementary

#5EA5E1 #E15E64 #E1DB5E

monochromatic

#1F68A6 #2A88D7 #5EA5E1 #92C2EB #C5DFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#5EA5E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#5EA5E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EA5E1

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EA5E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EA5E1	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA6E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A99E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ea5e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 165, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.114 245.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95bfea',
    500: '#5ea5e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ea5e1;
$custom-light: #95bfea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ea5e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.481,
    "s": 68.586,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70028,
    "c": 0.11399,
    "h": 245.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EA5E1

secondary

#E5CBB6

accent

#6B15D1

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EA5E1

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

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