#5EB3CE#5EB3CE

#5EB3CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.091 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB3CE
RGB	rgb(94, 179, 206)
HSL	hsl(194, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 13.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -18.16, -21.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 28.17, 229.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0686 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.091 221)
XYZ	xyz(31.8725, 39.0732, 64.2428)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB3CE #CE795E

analogous

#5ECEB1 #5EB3CE #5E7BCE

triadic

#5EB3CE #CE5EB3 #B3CE5E

tetradic

#5EB3CE #B15ECE #CE795E #7BCE5E

square

#5EB3CE #B15ECE #CE795E #7BCE5E

split-complementary

#5EB3CE #CE5E7B #CEB15E

monochromatic

#297188 #3898B7 #5EB3CE #8DC9DC #BCDFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#5EB3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#5EB3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB3CE

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB3CE	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 179, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.091 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c9dd',
    500: '#5eb3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb3ce;
$custom-light: #94c9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.464,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72382,
    "c": 0.09094,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.39076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB3CE

secondary

#DAB8AE

accent

#6E4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB3CE

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

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