#5EA9CE#5EA9CE

#5EA9CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.092 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EA9CE
RGB	rgb(94, 169, 206)
HSL	hsl(200, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 18%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, -12.86, -25.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 28.97, 243.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0574 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.092 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9405, 35.2092, 63.5988)
Luminance	0.3521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EA9CE #CE835E

analogous

#5ECEBB #5EA9CE #5E71CE

triadic

#5EA9CE #CE5EA9 #A9CE5E

tetradic

#5EA9CE #BB5ECE #CE835E #71CE5E

square

#5EA9CE #BB5ECE #CE835E #71CE5E

split-complementary

#5EA9CE #CE5E71 #CEBB5E

monochromatic

#296988 #388DB7 #5EA9CE #8DC2DC #BCDBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#5EA9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#5EA9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EA9CE

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EA9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EA9CE	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879BCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ea9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 169, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.092 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c2dd',
    500: '#5ea9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ea9ce;
$custom-light: #94c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ea9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.821,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70076,
    "c": 0.09226,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EA9CE

secondary

#DABCAE

accent

#7B4BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EA9CE

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

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