#5EB6DC#5EB6DC

#5EB6DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.101 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB6DC
RGB	rgb(94, 182, 220)
HSL	hsl(198, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 17.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -15.62, -27.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 31.28, 240.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.0667 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.101 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2573, 40.9997, 73.8047)
Luminance	0.4100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB6DC #DC845E

analogous

#5EDCC3 #5EB6DC #5E77DC

triadic

#5EB6DC #DC5EB6 #B6DC5E

tetradic

#5EB6DC #C35EDC #DC845E #77DC5E

square

#5EB6DC #C35EDC #DC845E #77DC5E

split-complementary

#5EB6DC #DC5E77 #DCC35E

monochromatic

#22789D #2D9FD0 #5EB6DC #90CDE7 #C3E4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#5EB6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#5EB6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB6DC

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB6DC	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 182, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.101 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cce7',
    500: '#5eb6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb6dc;
$custom-light: #96cce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.095,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73644,
    "c": 0.10072,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB6DC

secondary

#E2C2B3

accent

#4F19CC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB6DC

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

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