#5EB5DF#5EB5DF

#5EB5DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.104 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB5DF
RGB	rgb(94, 181, 223)
HSL	hsl(200, 67%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(200, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 18.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -14.19, -29.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 32.30, 243.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.0645 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.104 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4542, 40.7519, 75.8479)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB5DF #DF885E

analogous

#5EDFC9 #5EB5DF #5E75DF

triadic

#5EB5DF #DF5EB5 #B5DF5E

tetradic

#5EB5DF #C95EDF #DF885E #75DF5E

square

#5EB5DF #C95EDF #DF885E #75DF5E

split-complementary

#5EB5DF #DF5E75 #DFC95E

monochromatic

#2078A2 #2B9ED5 #5EB5DF #91CCE9 #C4E4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#5EB5DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#5EB5DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB5DF

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB5DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB5DF	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B3E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA5DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb5df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 181, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.104 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cbe9',
    500: '#5eb5df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb5df;
$custom-light: #96cbe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb5df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.535,
    "s": 66.839,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73542,
    "c": 0.10351,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB5DF

secondary

#E4C4B5

accent

#5317CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB5DF

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

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