#5EB6DE#5EB6DE

#5EB6DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.102 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB6DE
RGB	rgb(94, 182, 222)
HSL	hsl(199, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 18%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -15.02, -28.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 31.85, 241.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.0659 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.102 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5238, 41.1063, 75.2080)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB6DE #DE865E

analogous

#5EDEC6 #5EB6DE #5E76DE

triadic

#5EB6DE #DE5EB6 #B6DE5E

tetradic

#5EB6DE #C65EDE #DE865E #76DE5E

square

#5EB6DE #C65EDE #DE865E #76DE5E

split-complementary

#5EB6DE #DE5E76 #DEC65E

monochromatic

#2179A1 #2B9FD3 #5EB6DE #91CDE8 #C4E4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#5EB6DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#5EB6DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB6DE

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB6DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB6DE	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb6de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 182, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.102 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cce8',
    500: '#5eb6de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb6de;
$custom-light: #96cce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb6de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73728,
    "c": 0.10237,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB6DE

secondary

#E4C3B4

accent

#5118CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB6DE

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

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