#5EB4DC#5EB4DC

#5EB4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.101 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB4DC
RGB	rgb(94, 180, 220)
HSL	hsl(199, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 18.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -14.56, -27.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 31.55, 242.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0645 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.101 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8507, 40.1864, 73.6691)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB4DC #DC865E

analogous

#5EDCC5 #5EB4DC #5E75DC

triadic

#5EB4DC #DC5EB4 #B4DC5E

tetradic

#5EB4DC #C55EDC #DC865E #75DC5E

square

#5EB4DC #C55EDC #DC865E #75DC5E

split-complementary

#5EB4DC #DC5E75 #DCC55E

monochromatic

#22769D #2D9CD0 #5EB4DC #90CBE7 #C3E3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#5EB4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#5EB4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB4DC

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB4DC	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 180, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.101 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cae7',
    500: '#5eb4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb4dc;
$custom-light: #95cae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.048,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73187,
    "c": 0.10122,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB4DC

secondary

#E2C2B3

accent

#5219CC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB4DC

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

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