#5EB5CD#5EB5CD

#5EB5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.090 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB5CD
RGB	rgb(94, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -19.49, -20.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 28.04, 225.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0712 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.09 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1551, 39.8323, 63.7396)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB5CD #CD765E

analogous

#5ECDAD #5EB5CD #5E7DCD

triadic

#5EB5CD #CD5EB5 #B5CD5E

tetradic

#5EB5CD #AD5ECD #CD765E #7DCD5E

square

#5EB5CD #AD5ECD #CD765E #7DCD5E

split-complementary

#5EB5CD #CD5E7D #CDAD5E

monochromatic

#2A7387 #389AB5 #5EB5CD #8DCADC #BBE0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#5EB5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#5EB5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB5CD

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB5CD	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.090 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cbdc',
    500: '#5eb5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb5cd;
$custom-light: #94cbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.973,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72806,
    "c": 0.09047,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB5CD

secondary

#D9B7AD

accent

#6B4CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB5CD

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

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