#5EB5E6#5EB5E6

#5EB5E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.110 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB5E6
RGB	rgb(94, 181, 230)
HSL	hsl(202, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 21.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -12.06, -32.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 34.59, 249.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0621 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.11 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.4175, 41.1372, 80.9214)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB5E6 #E68F5E

analogous

#5EE6D3 #5EB5E6 #5E71E6

triadic

#5EB5E6 #E65EB5 #B5E65E

tetradic

#5EB5E6 #D35EE6 #E68F5E #71E65E

square

#5EB5E6 #D35EE6 #E68F5E #71E65E

split-complementary

#5EB5E6 #E65E71 #E6D35E

monochromatic

#1B79AF #299DDE #5EB5E6 #93CDEE #C8E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#5EB5E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#5EB5E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB5E6

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB5E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB5E6	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB4E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA6E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb5e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 181, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.110 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97cbee',
    500: '#5eb5e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb5e6;
$custom-light: #97cbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb5e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.618,
    "s": 73.118,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73846,
    "c": 0.10989,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB5E6

secondary

#E8C9B8

accent

#5710D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB5E6

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

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