#5EA9E4#5EA9E4

#5EA9E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.115 H 244.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EA9E4
RGB	rgb(94, 169, 228)
HSL	hsl(206, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(206, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 25.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, -6.13, -36.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 37.23, 260.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0499 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.115 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8025, 36.3540, 78.6721)
Luminance	0.3636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EA9E4 #E4995E

analogous

#5EE4DC #5EA9E4 #5E66E4

triadic

#5EA9E4 #E45EA9 #A9E45E

tetradic

#5EA9E4 #DC5EE4 #E4995E #66E45E

square

#5EA9E4 #DC5EE4 #E4995E #66E45E

split-complementary

#5EA9E4 #E45E66 #E4DC5E

monochromatic

#1D6CAB #2A8DDB #5EA9E4 #92C5ED #C7E1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#5EA9E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#5EA9E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EA9E4

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EA9E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EA9E4	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FAAE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9DE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ea9e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 169, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.115 244.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96c2ec',
    500: '#5ea9e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ea9e4;
$custom-light: #96c2ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ea9e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.418,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71062,
    "c": 0.11458,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EA9E4

secondary

#E7CCB7

accent

#6712D3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EA9E4

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

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