#5EB4CE#5EB4CE

#5EB4CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.091 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB4CE
RGB	rgb(94, 180, 206)
HSL	hsl(194, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 12.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -18.68, -21.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 28.18, 228.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0697 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.091 220)
XYZ	xyz(32.0736, 39.4755, 64.3099)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB4CE #CE785E

analogous

#5ECEB0 #5EB4CE #5E7CCE

triadic

#5EB4CE #CE5EB4 #B4CE5E

tetradic

#5EB4CE #B05ECE #CE785E #7CCE5E

square

#5EB4CE #B05ECE #CE785E #7CCE5E

split-complementary

#5EB4CE #CE5E7C #CEB05E

monochromatic

#297288 #389AB7 #5EB4CE #8DCADC #BCE0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#5EB4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#5EB4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB4CE

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB4CE	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 180, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.091 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cadd',
    500: '#5eb4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb4ce;
$custom-light: #94cadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.929,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72614,
    "c": 0.09097,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.39478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB4CE

secondary

#DAB8AE

accent

#6D4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB4CE

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

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