#5EB6CE#5EB6CE

#5EB6CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.091 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB6CE
RGB	rgb(94, 182, 206)
HSL	hsl(193, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -19.72, -20.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 28.23, 225.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0719 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.091 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4803, 40.2888, 64.4454)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB6CE #CE765E

analogous

#5ECEAE #5EB6CE #5E7ECE

triadic

#5EB6CE #CE5EB6 #B6CE5E

tetradic

#5EB6CE #AE5ECE #CE765E #7ECE5E

square

#5EB6CE #AE5ECE #CE765E #7ECE5E

split-complementary

#5EB6CE #CE5E7E #CEAE5E

monochromatic

#297488 #389CB7 #5EB6CE #8DCBDC #BCE1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#5EB6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#5EB6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB6CE

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB6CE	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 182, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.091 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94ccdd',
    500: '#5eb6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb6ce;
$custom-light: #94ccdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.857,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73078,
    "c": 0.09114,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB6CE

secondary

#DAB7AE

accent

#6A4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB6CE

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

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