#5EA8EE#5EA8EE

#5EA8EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.127 H 248.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EA8EE
RGB	rgb(94, 168, 238)
HSL	hsl(209, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(209, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 29.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, -2.41, -41.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 42.04, 266.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.0459 -0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.127 248.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0457, 36.5548, 86.1339)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EA8EE #EEA45E

analogous

#5EEEEC #5EA8EE #5E60EE

triadic

#5EA8EE #EE5EA8 #A8EE5E

tetradic

#5EA8EE #EC5EEE #EEA45E #60EE5E

square

#5EA8EE #EC5EEE #EEA45E #60EE5E

split-complementary

#5EA8EE #EE5E60 #EEEC5E

monochromatic

#146BBE #278AE8 #5EA8EE #95C6F4 #CDE4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#5EA8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#5EA8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EA8EE

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EA8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EA8EE	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AABF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779DED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ea8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 168, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.127 248.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97c1f4',
    500: '#5ea8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ea8ee;
$custom-light: #97c1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ea8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.167,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71324,
    "c": 0.12689,
    "h": 248.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EA8EE

secondary

#ECD3BB

accent

#7008DD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EA8EE

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

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