#5EB5DB#5EB5DB

#5EB5DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.100 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB5DB
RGB	rgb(94, 181, 219)
HSL	hsl(198, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 17.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -15.39, -27.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 31.13, 240.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.0659 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.1 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9212, 40.5387, 73.0412)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB5DB #DB845E

analogous

#5EDBC3 #5EB5DB #5E77DB

triadic

#5EB5DB #DB5EB5 #B5DB5E

tetradic

#5EB5DB #C35EDB #DB845E #77DB5E

square

#5EB5DB #C35EDB #DB845E #77DB5E

split-complementary

#5EB5DB #DB5E77 #DBC35E

monochromatic

#23779C #2E9DCE #5EB5DB #90CCE6 #C2E3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#5EB5DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#5EB5DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB5DB

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB5DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB5DB	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb5db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 181, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.100 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cbe6',
    500: '#5eb5db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb5db;
$custom-light: #95cbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb5db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.24,
    "s": 63.452,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73373,
    "c": 0.10014,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB5DB

secondary

#E2C1B3

accent

#501ACB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB5DB

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

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