#5EB5EA#5EB5EA

#5EB5EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.114 H 237.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB5EA
RGB	rgb(94, 181, 234)
HSL	hsl(203, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(203, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 22.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -10.83, -34.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 36.02, 252.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0607 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.114 237.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9856, 41.3645, 83.9137)
Luminance	0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB5EA #EA935E

analogous

#5EEAD9 #5EB5EA #5E6FEA

triadic

#5EB5EA #EA5EB5 #B5EA5E

tetradic

#5EB5EA #D95EEA #EA935E #6FEA5E

square

#5EB5EA #D95EEA #EA935E #6FEA5E

split-complementary

#5EB5EA #EA5E6F #EAD95E

monochromatic

#187AB6 #289CE3 #5EB5EA #94CEF1 #CAE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#5EB5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#5EB5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB5EA

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB5EA	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB4ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A6E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 181, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.114 237.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97cbf1',
    500: '#5eb5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb5ea;
$custom-light: #97cbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.714,
    "s": 76.923,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74025,
    "c": 0.11379,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB5EA

secondary

#EACCBA

accent

#5A0CD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB5EA

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

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