#5EB5CB#5EB5CB

#5EB5CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.089 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB5CB
RGB	rgb(94, 181, 203)
HSL	hsl(192, 51%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 10.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -20.06, -19.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 27.74, 223.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.072 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.089 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9153, 39.7363, 62.4763)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB5CB #CB745E

analogous

#5ECBAA #5EB5CB #5E7ECB

triadic

#5EB5CB #CB5EB5 #B5CB5E

tetradic

#5EB5CB #AA5ECB #CB745E #7ECB5E

square

#5EB5CB #AA5ECB #CB745E #7ECB5E

split-complementary

#5EB5CB #CB5E7E #CBAA5E

monochromatic

#2B7284 #3A9AB2 #5EB5CB #8CCADA #BBE0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#5EB5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#5EB5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB5CB

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB5CB	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 181, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.089 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cbda',
    500: '#5eb5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb5cb;
$custom-light: #94cbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.11,
    "s": 51.174,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72729,
    "c": 0.0894,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB5CB

secondary

#D8B5AD

accent

#6A4DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB5CB

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

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