#5EB3E9#5EB3E9

#5EB3E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.114 H 238.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB3E9
RGB	rgb(94, 179, 233)
HSL	hsl(203, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(203, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 23.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -10.06, -34.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 36.17, 253.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.0589 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.114 238.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4386, 40.4997, 83.0246)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB3E9 #E9945E

analogous

#5EE9D9 #5EB3E9 #5E6EE9

triadic

#5EB3E9 #E95EB3 #B3E95E

tetradic

#5EB3E9 #D95EE9 #E9945E #6EE95E

square

#5EB3E9 #D95EE9 #E9945E #6EE95E

split-complementary

#5EB3E9 #E95E6E #E9D95E

monochromatic

#1978B4 #289AE2 #5EB3E9 #94CCF0 #CAE6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#5EB3E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#5EB3E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB3E9

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB3E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB3E9	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB3EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A4E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb3e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 179, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.114 238.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97c9f0',
    500: '#5eb3e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb3e9;
$custom-light: #97c9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb3e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.309,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7353,
    "c": 0.11382,
    "h": 238.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB3E9

secondary

#EACCB9

accent

#5C0DD8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB3E9

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

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