#5EB5DD#5EB5DD

#5EB5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.102 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB5DD
RGB	rgb(94, 181, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 18.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -14.79, -28.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 31.70, 242.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0652 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.102 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1861, 40.6447, 74.4362)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB5DD #DD865E

analogous

#5EDDC6 #5EB5DD #5E76DD

triadic

#5EB5DD #DD5EB5 #B5DD5E

tetradic

#5EB5DD #C65EDD #DD865E #76DD5E

square

#5EB5DD #C65EDD #DD865E #76DD5E

split-complementary

#5EB5DD #DD5E76 #DDC65E

monochromatic

#22789F #2C9DD2 #5EB5DD #91CCE8 #C3E3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#5EB5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#5EB5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB5DD

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB5DD	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 181, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.102 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cbe7',
    500: '#5eb5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb5dd;
$custom-light: #96cbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.898,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73457,
    "c": 0.1018,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB5DD

secondary

#E3C3B4

accent

#5119CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB5DD

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

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