#5EB4CD#5EB4CD

#5EB4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.090 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB4CD
RGB	rgb(94, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -18.97, -20.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 28.00, 227.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0701 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.09 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9525, 39.4271, 63.6721)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB4CD #CD775E

analogous

#5ECDAF #5EB4CD #5E7CCD

triadic

#5EB4CD #CD5EB4 #B4CD5E

tetradic

#5EB4CD #AF5ECD #CD775E #7CCD5E

square

#5EB4CD #AF5ECD #CD775E #7CCD5E

split-complementary

#5EB4CD #CD5E7C #CDAF5E

monochromatic

#2A7287 #3899B5 #5EB4CD #8DCADC #BBE0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#5EB4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#5EB4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB4CD

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB4CD	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.090 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cadc',
    500: '#5eb4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb4cd;
$custom-light: #94cadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.514,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72574,
    "c": 0.09038,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB4CD

secondary

#D9B7AD

accent

#6C4CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB4CD

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

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