#5EB3CD#5EB3CD

#5EB3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.090 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB3CD
RGB	rgb(94, 179, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 12.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -18.45, -21.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 27.98, 228.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.069 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.09 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7514, 39.0248, 63.6051)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB3CD #CD785E

analogous

#5ECDAF #5EB3CD #5E7BCD

triadic

#5EB3CD #CD5EB3 #B3CD5E

tetradic

#5EB3CD #AF5ECD #CD785E #7BCD5E

square

#5EB3CD #AF5ECD #CD785E #7BCD5E

split-complementary

#5EB3CD #CD5E7B #CDAF5E

monochromatic

#2A7187 #3898B5 #5EB3CD #8DC9DC #BBDFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#5EB3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#5EB3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB3CD

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB3CD	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 179, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.090 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c9dc',
    500: '#5eb3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb3cd;
$custom-light: #94c9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.054,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72342,
    "c": 0.09031,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB3CD

secondary

#D9B8AD

accent

#6E4CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB3CD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →