#5EB4E6#5EB4E6

#5EB4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.110 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB4E6
RGB	rgb(94, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(202, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -11.52, -32.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 34.82, 250.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% -0.061 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.11 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2149, 40.7320, 80.8538)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB4E6 #E6905E

analogous

#5EE6D4 #5EB4E6 #5E70E6

triadic

#5EB4E6 #E65EB4 #B4E65E

tetradic

#5EB4E6 #D45EE6 #E6905E #70E65E

square

#5EB4E6 #D45EE6 #E6905E #70E65E

split-complementary

#5EB4E6 #E65E70 #E6D45E

monochromatic

#1B78AF #299BDE #5EB4E6 #93CDEE #C8E5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#5EB4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#5EB4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB4E6

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB4E6	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB3E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA5E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.110 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96caee',
    500: '#5eb4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb4e6;
$custom-light: #96caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.059,
    "s": 73.118,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73621,
    "c": 0.11034,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB4E6

secondary

#E8CAB8

accent

#5910D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB4E6

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

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