#5EA5E6#5EA5E6

#5EA5E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.120 H 247.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EA5E6
RGB	rgb(94, 165, 230)
HSL	hsl(209, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(209, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 28.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, -3.27, -39.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 39.58, 265.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.045 -0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.12 247.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3489, 35.0002, 79.8985)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EA5E6 #E69F5E

analogous

#5EE6E3 #5EA5E6 #5E61E6

triadic

#5EA5E6 #E65EA5 #A5E65E

tetradic

#5EA5E6 #E35EE6 #E69F5E #61E65E

square

#5EA5E6 #E35EE6 #E69F5E #61E65E

split-complementary

#5EA5E6 #E65E61 #E6E35E

monochromatic

#1B68AF #2987DE #5EA5E6 #93C3EE #C8E0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#5EA5E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#5EA5E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EA5E6

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EA5E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EA5E6	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A7E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779AE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ea5e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 165, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.120 247.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96bfee',
    500: '#5ea5e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ea5e6;
$custom-light: #96bfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ea5e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.676,
    "s": 73.118,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7027,
    "c": 0.11982,
    "h": 247.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EA5E6

secondary

#E8CFB8

accent

#6E10D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EA5E6

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

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