#5EB5E8#5EB5E8

#5EB5E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.112 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB5E8
RGB	rgb(94, 181, 232)
HSL	hsl(202, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 22%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -11.45, -33.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 35.29, 251.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.0614 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.112 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6999, 41.2502, 82.4090)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB5E8 #E8915E

analogous

#5EE8D6 #5EB5E8 #5E70E8

triadic

#5EB5E8 #E85EB5 #B5E85E

tetradic

#5EB5E8 #D65EE8 #E8915E #70E85E

square

#5EB5E8 #D65EE8 #E8915E #70E85E

split-complementary

#5EB5E8 #E85E70 #E8D65E

monochromatic

#197AB2 #289CE0 #5EB5E8 #94CEF0 #C9E6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#5EB5E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#5EB5E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB5E8

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB5E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB5E8	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA6E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb5e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 181, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.112 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97cbef',
    500: '#5eb5e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb5e8;
$custom-light: #97cbef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb5e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.174,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73935,
    "c": 0.11182,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB5E8

secondary

#E9CBB9

accent

#590ED7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB5E8

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

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