#5EB3EC#5EB3EC

#5EB3EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.117 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB3EC
RGB	rgb(94, 179, 236)
HSL	hsl(204, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 24.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -9.13, -36.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 37.32, 255.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.058 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.117 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8708, 40.6726, 85.3008)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB3EC #EC975E

analogous

#5EECDE #5EB3EC #5E6CEC

triadic

#5EB3EC #EC5EB3 #B3EC5E

tetradic

#5EB3EC #DE5EEC #EC975E #6CEC5E

square

#5EB3EC #DE5EEC #EC975E #6CEC5E

split-complementary

#5EB3EC #EC5E6C #ECDE5E

monochromatic

#1678BA #2799E6 #5EB3EC #95CDF2 #CBE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#5EB3EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#5EB3EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB3EC

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB3EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB3EC	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B3EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A5EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb3ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 179, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.117 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97c9f2',
    500: '#5eb3ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb3ec;
$custom-light: #97c9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb3ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.085,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73667,
    "c": 0.11691,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB3EC

secondary

#EBCEBB

accent

#5E0ADB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB3EC

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

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