#5EB5D1#5EB5D1

#5EB5D1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.093 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB5D1
RGB	rgb(94, 181, 209)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 55%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 13.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -18.34, -22.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 28.74, 230.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0696 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.093 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6441, 40.0279, 66.3151)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB5D1 #D17A5E

analogous

#5ED1B4 #5EB5D1 #5E7BD1

triadic

#5EB5D1 #D15EB5 #B5D15E

tetradic

#5EB5D1 #B45ED1 #D17A5E #7BD15E

square

#5EB5D1 #B45ED1 #D17A5E #7BD15E

split-complementary

#5EB5D1 #D15E7B #D1B45E

monochromatic

#28748C #369BBC #5EB5D1 #8ECBDF #BDE1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#5EB5D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#5EB5D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB5D1

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB5D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB5D1	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B1D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A4D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb5d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 181, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.093 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cbdf',
    500: '#5eb5d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb5d1;
$custom-light: #94cbdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb5d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.609,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72964,
    "c": 0.09286,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB5D1

secondary

#DCBAAF

accent

#6D49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB5D1

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

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