#5EB2CD#5EB2CD

#5EB2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.090 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB2CD
RGB	rgb(94, 178, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 13.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -17.93, -21.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 27.98, 230.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.0678 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.09 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5517, 38.6254, 63.5385)
Luminance	0.3863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB2CD #CD795E

analogous

#5ECDB1 #5EB2CD #5E7ACD

triadic

#5EB2CD #CD5EB2 #B2CD5E

tetradic

#5EB2CD #B15ECD #CD795E #7ACD5E

square

#5EB2CD #B15ECD #CD795E #7ACD5E

split-complementary

#5EB2CD #CD5E7A #CDB15E

monochromatic

#2A7087 #3897B5 #5EB2CD #8DC8DC #BBDFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#5EB2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#5EB2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB2CD

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB2CD	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 178, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.090 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c9dc',
    500: '#5eb2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb2cd;
$custom-light: #94c9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.595,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7211,
    "c": 0.09028,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB2CD

secondary

#D9B8AD

accent

#6F4CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB2CD

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

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