#5EB4DE#5EB4DE

#5EB4DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.103 H 231.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB4DE
RGB	rgb(94, 180, 222)
HSL	hsl(200, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(200, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 18.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, -13.96, -28.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 32.15, 244.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.0638 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.103 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1171, 40.2929, 75.0724)
Luminance	0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB4DE #DE885E

analogous

#5EDEC8 #5EB4DE #5E74DE

triadic

#5EB4DE #DE5EB4 #B4DE5E

tetradic

#5EB4DE #C85EDE #DE885E #74DE5E

square

#5EB4DE #C85EDE #DE885E #74DE5E

split-complementary

#5EB4DE #DE5E74 #DEC85E

monochromatic

#2177A1 #2B9CD3 #5EB4DE #91CCE8 #C4E3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#5EB4DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#5EB4DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB4DE

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB4DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB4DE	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb4de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 180, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.103 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cae8',
    500: '#5eb4de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb4de;
$custom-light: #96cae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb4de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.688,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73272,
    "c": 0.10295,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB4DE

secondary

#E4C4B4

accent

#5318CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB4DE

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

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