#5EB8CE#5EB8CE

#5EB8CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.091 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB8CE
RGB	rgb(94, 184, 206)
HSL	hsl(192, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(192, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -20.75, -19.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 28.36, 222.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.0741 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.091 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8928, 41.1139, 64.5829)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB8CE #CE745E

analogous

#5ECEAC #5EB8CE #5E80CE

triadic

#5EB8CE #CE5EB8 #B8CE5E

tetradic

#5EB8CE #AC5ECE #CE745E #80CE5E

square

#5EB8CE #AC5ECE #CE745E #80CE5E

split-complementary

#5EB8CE #CE5E80 #CEAC5E

monochromatic

#297688 #389EB7 #5EB8CE #8DCDDC #BCE1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#5EB8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#5EB8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB8CE

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB8CE	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)

#A9B3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 184, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.091 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cddd',
    500: '#5eb8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb8ce;
$custom-light: #94cddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.786,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73543,
    "c": 0.09143,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB8CE

secondary

#DAB7AE

accent

#684BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB8CE

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

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