#5EA8DD#5EA8DD

#5EA8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.108 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EA8DD
RGB	rgb(94, 168, 221)
HSL	hsl(205, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(205, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 24%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -7.76, -33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 34.65, 257.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0511 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.108 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6650, 35.6025, 73.5959)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EA8DD #DD935E

analogous

#5EDDD2 #5EA8DD #5E69DD

triadic

#5EA8DD #DD5EA8 #A8DD5E

tetradic

#5EA8DD #D25EDD #DD935E #69DD5E

square

#5EA8DD #D25EDD #DD935E #69DD5E

split-complementary

#5EA8DD #DD5E69 #DDD25E

monochromatic

#226B9F #2C8DD2 #5EA8DD #91C3E8 #C3DFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#5EA8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#5EA8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EA8DD

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EA8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EA8DD	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9BDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ea8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 168, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.108 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c1e7',
    500: '#5ea8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ea8dd;
$custom-light: #95c1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ea8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.039,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70512,
    "c": 0.10753,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EA8DD

secondary

#E3C8B4

accent

#6419CD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EA8DD

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

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