#5EB5CA#5EB5CA

#5EB5CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.089 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB5CA
RGB	rgb(94, 181, 202)
HSL	hsl(192, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 10.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -20.35, -18.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 27.61, 222.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0724 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.089 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7965, 39.6888, 61.8507)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB5CA #CA735E

analogous

#5ECAA9 #5EB5CA #5E7FCA

triadic

#5EB5CA #CA5EB5 #B5CA5E

tetradic

#5EB5CA #A95ECA #CA735E #7FCA5E

square

#5EB5CA #A95ECA #CA735E #7FCA5E

split-complementary

#5EB5CA #CA5E7F #CAA95E

monochromatic

#2B7283 #3A9AB1 #5EB5CA #8CCAD9 #BADFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#5EB5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#5EB5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB5CA

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB5CA	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 181, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.089 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cbda',
    500: '#5eb5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb5ca;
$custom-light: #94cbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.667,
    "s": 50.467,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7269,
    "c": 0.08891,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB5CA

secondary

#D7B5AC

accent

#694EDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB5CA

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

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