#5EB3EE#5EB3EE

#5EB3EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.119 H 241.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB3EE
RGB	rgb(94, 179, 238)
HSL	hsl(205, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 24.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -8.50, -37.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 38.11, 257.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0573 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.119 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1630, 40.7895, 86.8397)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB3EE #EE995E

analogous

#5EEEE1 #5EB3EE #5E6BEE

triadic

#5EB3EE #EE5EB3 #B3EE5E

tetradic

#5EB3EE #E15EEE #EE995E #6BEE5E

square

#5EB3EE #E15EEE #EE995E #6BEE5E

split-complementary

#5EB3EE #EE5E6B #EEE15E

monochromatic

#1478BE #2799E8 #5EB3EE #95CDF4 #CDE7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#5EB3EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#5EB3EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB3EE

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB3EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB3EE	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A5ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb3ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 179, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.119 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97c9f3',
    500: '#5eb3ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb3ee;
$custom-light: #97c9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb3ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.583,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73759,
    "c": 0.11902,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB3EE

secondary

#ECCFBB

accent

#6008DD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB3EE

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

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