#5EB0CD#5EB0CD

#5EB0CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.090 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB0CD
RGB	rgb(94, 176, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 14.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, -16.88, -22.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 28.02, 232.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.0656 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.09 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1567, 37.8353, 63.4068)
Luminance	0.3784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB0CD #CD7B5E

analogous

#5ECDB2 #5EB0CD #5E78CD

triadic

#5EB0CD #CD5EB0 #B0CD5E

tetradic

#5EB0CD #B25ECD #CD7B5E #78CD5E

square

#5EB0CD #B25ECD #CD7B5E #78CD5E

split-complementary

#5EB0CD #CD5E78 #CDB25E

monochromatic

#2A6E87 #3895B5 #5EB0CD #8DC7DC #BBDEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#5EB0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#5EB0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB0CD

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB0CD	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 176, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.090 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c7dc',
    500: '#5eb0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb0cd;
$custom-light: #94c7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.676,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71647,
    "c": 0.0903,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB0CD

secondary

#D9B9AD

accent

#714CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB0CD

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

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