#5EB4D8#5EB4D8

#5EB4D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.098 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB4D8
RGB	rgb(94, 180, 216)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 16.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, -15.75, -26.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 30.42, 238.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0659 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.098 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3273, 39.9770, 70.9125)
Luminance	0.3998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB4D8 #D8825E

analogous

#5ED8BF #5EB4D8 #5E77D8

triadic

#5EB4D8 #D85EB4 #B4D85E

tetradic

#5EB4D8 #BF5ED8 #D8825E #77D85E

square

#5EB4D8 #BF5ED8 #D8825E #77D85E

split-complementary

#5EB4D8 #D85E77 #D8BF5E

monochromatic

#257597 #319BC8 #5EB4D8 #8FCBE4 #C1E2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#5EB4D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#5EB4D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB4D8

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB4D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB4D8	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A4D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb4d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 180, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.098 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cae4',
    500: '#5eb4d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb4d8;
$custom-light: #95cae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb4d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.705,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73019,
    "c": 0.09796,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB4D8

secondary

#E0BFB2

accent

#501DC9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB4D8

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

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