#5EB2CE#5EB2CE

#5EB2CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.091 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB2CE
RGB	rgb(94, 178, 206)
HSL	hsl(195, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 13.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -17.64, -21.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 28.18, 231.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0675 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.091 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6728, 38.6738, 64.1762)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB2CE #CE7A5E

analogous

#5ECEB2 #5EB2CE #5E7ACE

triadic

#5EB2CE #CE5EB2 #B2CE5E

tetradic

#5EB2CE #B25ECE #CE7A5E #7ACE5E

square

#5EB2CE #B25ECE #CE7A5E #7ACE5E

split-complementary

#5EB2CE #CE5E7A #CEB25E

monochromatic

#297088 #3897B7 #5EB2CE #8DC8DC #BCDFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#5EB2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#5EB2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB2CE

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB2CE	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 178, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.091 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c9dd',
    500: '#5eb2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb2ce;
$custom-light: #94c9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7215,
    "c": 0.09092,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB2CE

secondary

#DAB9AE

accent

#6F4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB2CE

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

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