#5EB4DD#5EB4DD

#5EB4DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.102 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB4DD
RGB	rgb(94, 180, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -14.26, -28.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 31.85, 243.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.0641 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.102 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9835, 40.2395, 74.3687)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB4DD #DD875E

analogous

#5EDDC7 #5EB4DD #5E75DD

triadic

#5EB4DD #DD5EB4 #B4DD5E

tetradic

#5EB4DD #C75EDD #DD875E #75DD5E

square

#5EB4DD #C75EDD #DD875E #75DD5E

split-complementary

#5EB4DD #DD5E75 #DDC75E

monochromatic

#22779F #2C9CD2 #5EB4DD #91CCE8 #C3E3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#5EB4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#5EB4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB4DD

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB4DD	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 180, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.102 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cae7',
    500: '#5eb4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb4dd;
$custom-light: #96cae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.37,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73229,
    "c": 0.10209,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB4DD

secondary

#E3C3B4

accent

#5319CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB4DD

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

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