#5EB5CE#5EB5CE

#5EB5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.091 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB5CE
RGB	rgb(94, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(193, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -19.20, -20.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 28.20, 227.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0708 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.091 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2762, 39.8807, 64.3774)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB5CE #CE775E

analogous

#5ECEAF #5EB5CE #5E7DCE

triadic

#5EB5CE #CE5EB5 #B5CE5E

tetradic

#5EB5CE #AF5ECE #CE775E #7DCE5E

square

#5EB5CE #AF5ECE #CE775E #7DCE5E

split-complementary

#5EB5CE #CE5E7D #CEAF5E

monochromatic

#297388 #389BB7 #5EB5CE #8DCBDC #BCE0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#5EB5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#5EB5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB5CE

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB5CE	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.091 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cbdd',
    500: '#5eb5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb5ce;
$custom-light: #94cbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.393,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72846,
    "c": 0.09105,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB5CE

secondary

#DAB8AE

accent

#6C4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB5CE

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

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