#5EA8E7#5EA8E7

#5EA8E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.119 H 246.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EA8E7
RGB	rgb(94, 168, 231)
HSL	hsl(208, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(208, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 27.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, -4.63, -38.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 38.89, 263.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.0479 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.119 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0372, 36.1514, 80.8227)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EA8E7 #E79D5E

analogous

#5EE7E1 #5EA8E7 #5E63E7

triadic

#5EA8E7 #E75EA8 #A8E75E

tetradic

#5EA8E7 #E15EE7 #E79D5E #63E75E

square

#5EA8E7 #E15EE7 #E79D5E #63E75E

split-complementary

#5EA8E7 #E75E63 #E7E15E

monochromatic

#1A6BB0 #298BDF #5EA8E7 #93C5EF #C9E2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#5EA8E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#5EA8E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EA8E7

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EA8E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EA8E7	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DAAEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9CE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ea8e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 168, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.119 246.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96c1ef',
    500: '#5ea8e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ea8e7;
$custom-light: #96c1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ea8e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.591,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70982,
    "c": 0.1187,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EA8E7

secondary

#E9CEB8

accent

#6B0FD6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EA8E7

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

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