#5EB5EF#5EB5EF

#5EB5EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.119 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB5EF
RGB	rgb(94, 181, 239)
HSL	hsl(204, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 24.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -9.28, -36.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 37.91, 255.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0591 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.119 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7141, 41.6559, 87.7502)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB5EF #EF985E

analogous

#5EEFE0 #5EB5EF #5E6CEF

triadic

#5EB5EF #EF5EB5 #B5EF5E

tetradic

#5EB5EF #E05EEF #EF985E #6CEF5E

square

#5EB5EF #E05EEF #EF985E #6CEF5E

split-complementary

#5EB5EF #EF5E6C #EFE05E

monochromatic

#137BC0 #269BE9 #5EB5EF #96CFF5 #CDE8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#5EB5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#5EB5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB5EF

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB5EF	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB5F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A6EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 181, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.119 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98cbf4',
    500: '#5eb5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb5ef;
$custom-light: #98cbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 81.921,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74252,
    "c": 0.11887,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB5EF

secondary

#EDD0BC

accent

#5D07DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB5EF

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

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