#5EB4E1#5EB4E1

#5EB4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.106 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB4E1
RGB	rgb(94, 180, 225)
HSL	hsl(201, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(201, 58%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 20%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -13.05, -30.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 33.11, 246.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.0627 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.106 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5228, 40.4552, 77.2089)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB4E1 #E18B5E

analogous

#5EE1CD #5EB4E1 #5E72E1

triadic

#5EB4E1 #E15EB4 #B4E15E

tetradic

#5EB4E1 #CD5EE1 #E18B5E #72E15E

square

#5EB4E1 #CD5EE1 #E18B5E #72E15E

split-complementary

#5EB4E1 #E15E72 #E1CD5E

monochromatic

#1F77A6 #2A9CD7 #5EB4E1 #92CCEB #C5E4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#5EB4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#5EB4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB4E1

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB4E1	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB2E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA5E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 180, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.106 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96caea',
    500: '#5eb4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb4e1;
$custom-light: #96caea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.611,
    "s": 68.586,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73401,
    "c": 0.10563,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB4E1

secondary

#E5C6B6

accent

#5515D1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB4E1

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

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