#5EB5DC#5EB5DC

#5EB5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.101 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB5DC
RGB	rgb(94, 181, 220)
HSL	hsl(199, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 17.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -15.09, -27.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 31.41, 241.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0656 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.101 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0533, 40.5916, 73.7366)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB5DC #DC855E

analogous

#5EDCC4 #5EB5DC #5E76DC

triadic

#5EB5DC #DC5EB5 #B5DC5E

tetradic

#5EB5DC #C45EDC #DC855E #76DC5E

square

#5EB5DC #C45EDC #DC855E #76DC5E

split-complementary

#5EB5DC #DC5E76 #DCC45E

monochromatic

#22779D #2D9DD0 #5EB5DC #90CCE7 #C3E3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#5EB5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#5EB5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB5DC

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB5DC	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 181, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.101 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cbe7',
    500: '#5eb5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb5dc;
$custom-light: #95cbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.571,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73415,
    "c": 0.10097,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB5DC

secondary

#E2C2B3

accent

#5119CC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB5DC

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

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