#5EB4C9#5EB4C9

#5EB4C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.088 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB4C9
RGB	rgb(94, 180, 201)
HSL	hsl(192, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 10.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -20.12, -18.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 27.40, 222.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0716 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.088 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4759, 39.2364, 61.1617)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB4C9 #C9735E

analogous

#5EC9A9 #5EB4C9 #5E7EC9

triadic

#5EB4C9 #C95EB4 #B4C95E

tetradic

#5EB4C9 #A95EC9 #C9735E #7EC95E

square

#5EB4C9 #A95EC9 #C9735E #7EC95E

split-complementary

#5EB4C9 #C95E7E #C9A95E

monochromatic

#2B7081 #3B98AF #5EB4C9 #8CC9D8 #BADFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#5EB4C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#5EB4C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB4C9

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB4C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB4C9	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AFCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb4c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 180, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.088 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cad9',
    500: '#5eb4c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb4c9;
$custom-light: #94cad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb4c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.776,
    "s": 49.767,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72419,
    "c": 0.08822,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB4C9

secondary

#D7B4AC

accent

#6A4FD9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB4C9

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

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