#5EA5E7#5EA5E7

#5EA5E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.121 H 248.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EA5E7
RGB	rgb(94, 165, 231)
HSL	hsl(209, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(209, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 28.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, -2.95, -39.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 40.04, 265.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.0447 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.121 248.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4898, 35.0565, 80.6402)
Luminance	0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EA5E7 #E7A05E

analogous

#5EE7E4 #5EA5E7 #5E60E7

triadic

#5EA5E7 #E75EA5 #A5E75E

tetradic

#5EA5E7 #E45EE7 #E7A05E #60E75E

square

#5EA5E7 #E45EE7 #E7A05E #60E75E

split-complementary

#5EA5E7 #E75E60 #E7E45E

monochromatic

#1A68B0 #2987DF #5EA5E7 #93C3EF #C9E1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#5EA5E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#5EA5E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EA5E7

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EA5E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EA5E7	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A7EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#769AE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ea5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 165, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.121 248.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96bfef',
    500: '#5ea5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ea5e7;
$custom-light: #96bfef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ea5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.905,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70319,
    "c": 0.121,
    "h": 248.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EA5E7

secondary

#E9D0B8

accent

#6F0FD6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EA5E7

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

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