#5EA8EC#5EA8EC

#5EA8EC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.125 H 248.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EA8EC
RGB	rgb(94, 168, 236)
HSL	hsl(209, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(209, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 28.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, -3.05, -41.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 41.12, 265.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.0464 -0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.125 248.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7535, 36.4379, 84.5951)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EA8EC #ECA25E

analogous

#5EECE9 #5EA8EC #5E61EC

triadic

#5EA8EC #EC5EA8 #A8EC5E

tetradic

#5EA8EC #E95EEC #ECA25E #61EC5E

square

#5EA8EC #E95EEC #ECA25E #61EC5E

split-complementary

#5EA8EC #EC5E61 #ECE95E

monochromatic

#166BBA #278AE6 #5EA8EC #95C6F2 #CBE3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#5EA8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#5EA8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EA8EC

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EA8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EA8EC	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BAAEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789CEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ea8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 168, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.125 248.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97c1f2',
    500: '#5ea8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ea8ec;
$custom-light: #97c1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ea8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.732,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71226,
    "c": 0.12452,
    "h": 248.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EA8EC

secondary

#EBD2BB

accent

#6E0ADB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EA8EC

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

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