#5EB5EC#5EB5EC

#5EB5EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.116 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB5EC
RGB	rgb(94, 181, 236)
HSL	hsl(203, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(203, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 23.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -10.21, -35.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 36.76, 253.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0601 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.116 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2746, 41.4801, 85.4354)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB5EC #EC955E

analogous

#5EECDC #5EB5EC #5E6EEC

triadic

#5EB5EC #EC5EB5 #B5EC5E

tetradic

#5EB5EC #DC5EEC #EC955E #6EEC5E

square

#5EB5EC #DC5EEC #EC955E #6EEC5E

split-complementary

#5EB5EC #EC5E6E #ECDC5E

monochromatic

#167ABA #279CE6 #5EB5EC #95CEF2 #CBE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#5EB5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#5EB5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB5EC

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB5EC	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 181, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.116 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97cbf2',
    500: '#5eb5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb5ec;
$custom-light: #97cbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.239,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74115,
    "c": 0.11579,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB5EC

secondary

#EBCDBB

accent

#5B0ADB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB5EC

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

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