#5EB5E7#5EB5E7

#5EB5E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.111 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB5E7
RGB	rgb(94, 181, 231)
HSL	hsl(202, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 21.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, -11.75, -32.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 34.94, 250.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.0617 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.111 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5583, 41.1936, 81.6631)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB5E7 #E7905E

analogous

#5EE7D4 #5EB5E7 #5E70E7

triadic

#5EB5E7 #E75EB5 #B5E75E

tetradic

#5EB5E7 #D45EE7 #E7905E #70E75E

square

#5EB5E7 #D45EE7 #E7905E #70E75E

split-complementary

#5EB5E7 #E75E70 #E7D45E

monochromatic

#1A7AB0 #299DDF #5EB5E7 #93CDEF #C9E6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#5EB5E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#5EB5E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB5E7

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB5E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB5E7	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA6E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 181, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.111 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97cbee',
    500: '#5eb5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb5e7;
$custom-light: #97cbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.898,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73891,
    "c": 0.11085,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB5E7

secondary

#E9CAB8

accent

#580FD6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB5E7

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

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