#5EB6EC#5EB6EC

#5EB6EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.115 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB6EC
RGB	rgb(94, 182, 236)
HSL	hsl(203, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(203, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 22.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -10.75, -34.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 36.49, 252.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.0611 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.115 238)
XYZ	xyz(36.4786, 41.8882, 85.5034)
Luminance	0.4189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB6EC #EC945E

analogous

#5EECDB #5EB6EC #5E6FEC

triadic

#5EB6EC #EC5EB6 #B6EC5E

tetradic

#5EB6EC #DB5EEC #EC945E #6FEC5E

square

#5EB6EC #DB5EEC #EC945E #6FEC5E

split-complementary

#5EB6EC #EC5E6F #ECDB5E

monochromatic

#167BBA #279DE6 #5EB6EC #95CFF2 #CBE8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#5EB6EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#5EB6EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB6EC

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB6EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB6EC	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb6ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 182, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.115 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97cbf2',
    500: '#5eb6ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb6ec;
$custom-light: #97cbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb6ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.817,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74339,
    "c": 0.11527,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.41892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB6EC

secondary

#EBCDBB

accent

#5A0ADB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB6EC

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

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