#5EB3E6#5EB3E6

#5EB3E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.111 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB3E6
RGB	rgb(94, 179, 230)
HSL	hsl(203, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(203, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 22.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -10.98, -33.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 35.06, 251.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.0599 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.111 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0137, 40.3297, 80.7868)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB3E6 #E6915E

analogous

#5EE6D5 #5EB3E6 #5E6FE6

triadic

#5EB3E6 #E65EB3 #B3E65E

tetradic

#5EB3E6 #D55EE6 #E6915E #6FE65E

square

#5EB3E6 #D55EE6 #E6915E #6FE65E

split-complementary

#5EB3E6 #E65E6F #E6D55E

monochromatic

#1B77AF #299ADE #5EB3E6 #93CCEE #C8E5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#5EB3E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#5EB3E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB3E6

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB3E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB3E6	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB2E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A4E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb3e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 179, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.111 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96c9ee',
    500: '#5eb3e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb3e6;
$custom-light: #96c9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb3e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 73.118,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73395,
    "c": 0.11082,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB3E6

secondary

#E8CAB8

accent

#5A10D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB3E6

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

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