#5EA9CD#5EA9CD

#5EA9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.091 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EA9CD
RGB	rgb(94, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(199, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, -13.16, -25.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 28.66, 242.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.0577 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.091 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8194, 35.1608, 62.9611)
Luminance	0.3516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EA9CD #CD825E

analogous

#5ECDB9 #5EA9CD #5E71CD

triadic

#5EA9CD #CD5EA9 #A9CD5E

tetradic

#5EA9CD #B95ECD #CD825E #71CD5E

square

#5EA9CD #B95ECD #CD825E #71CD5E

split-complementary

#5EA9CD #CD5E71 #CDB95E

monochromatic

#2A6987 #388DB5 #5EA9CD #8DC2DC #BBDBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#5EA9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#5EA9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EA9CD

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EA9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EA9CD	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)

#97A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879BCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03B3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ea9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.091 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c2dc',
    500: '#5ea9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ea9cd;
$custom-light: #93c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ea9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.459,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70034,
    "c": 0.09139,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EA9CD

secondary

#D9BCAD

accent

#7B4CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EA9CD

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

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