#5EA5E9#5EA5E9

#5EA5E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.123 H 249.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EA5E9
RGB	rgb(94, 165, 233)
HSL	hsl(209, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(209, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 29.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, -2.32, -40.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 40.95, 266.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.0442 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.123 249)
XYZ	xyz(32.7738, 35.1701, 82.1364)
Luminance	0.3517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EA5E9 #E9A25E

analogous

#5EE9E8 #5EA5E9 #5E60E9

triadic

#5EA5E9 #E95EA5 #A5E95E

tetradic

#5EA5E9 #E85EE9 #E9A25E #60E95E

square

#5EA5E9 #E85EE9 #E9A25E #60E95E

split-complementary

#5EA5E9 #E95E60 #E9E85E

monochromatic

#1968B4 #2887E2 #5EA5E9 #94C3F0 #CAE1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#5EA5E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#5EA5E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EA5E9

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EA5E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EA5E9	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#759AE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ea5e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 165, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.123 249.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96bff0',
    500: '#5ea5e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ea5e9;
$custom-light: #96bff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ea5e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.353,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70417,
    "c": 0.12337,
    "h": 249
  },
  "luminance": 0.35173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EA5E9

secondary

#EAD1B9

accent

#710DD8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EA5E9

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

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