#5EB4C8#5EB4C8

#5EB4C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.088 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB4C8
RGB	rgb(94, 180, 200)
HSL	hsl(191, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 10%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -20.40, -18.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 27.28, 221.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.072 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.088 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3586, 39.1895, 60.5442)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB4C8 #C8725E

analogous

#5EC8A7 #5EB4C8 #5E7FC8

triadic

#5EB4C8 #C85EB4 #B4C85E

tetradic

#5EB4C8 #A75EC8 #C8725E #7FC85E

square

#5EB4C8 #A75EC8 #C8725E #7FC85E

split-complementary

#5EB4C8 #C85E7F #C8A75E

monochromatic

#2C7080 #3B98AE #5EB4C8 #8CC9D8 #B9DEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#5EB4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#5EB4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB4C8

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB4C8	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AFC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 180, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.088 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cad8',
    500: '#5eb4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb4c8;
$custom-light: #94cad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.321,
    "s": 49.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7238,
    "c": 0.08773,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB4C8

secondary

#D6B4AC

accent

#694FD9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB4C8

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

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