#5EB5ED#5EB5ED

#5EB5ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.117 H 239.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB5ED
RGB	rgb(94, 181, 237)
HSL	hsl(203, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(203, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 23.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -9.90, -35.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 37.14, 254.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.0597 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.117 239.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4203, 41.5383, 86.2027)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB5ED #ED965E

analogous

#5EEDDE #5EB5ED #5E6DED

triadic

#5EB5ED #ED5EB5 #B5ED5E

tetradic

#5EB5ED #DE5EED #ED965E #6DED5E

square

#5EB5ED #DE5EED #ED965E #6DED5E

split-complementary

#5EB5ED #ED5E6D #EDDE5E

monochromatic

#157ABC #279CE7 #5EB5ED #95CEF3 #CCE8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#5EB5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#5EB5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB5ED

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB5ED	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 181, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.117 239.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97cbf3',
    500: '#5eb5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb5ed;
$custom-light: #97cbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.497,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7416,
    "c": 0.11681,
    "h": 239.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB5ED

secondary

#ECCEBB

accent

#5C09DC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB5ED

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

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