#5EB8D6#5EB8D6

#5EB8D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.096 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB8D6
RGB	rgb(94, 184, 214)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 56%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 14%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -18.44, -23.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 29.70, 231.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.0711 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.096 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8895, 41.5125, 69.8321)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB8D6 #D67C5E

analogous

#5ED6B8 #5EB8D6 #5E7CD6

triadic

#5EB8D6 #D65EB8 #B8D65E

tetradic

#5EB8D6 #B85ED6 #D67C5E #7CD65E

square

#5EB8D6 #B85ED6 #D67C5E #7CD65E

split-complementary

#5EB8D6 #D65E7C #D6B85E

monochromatic

#267894 #32A0C5 #5EB8D6 #8FCEE2 #C0E3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#5EB8D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#5EB8D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB8D6

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB8D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB8D6	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B4D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A7D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb8d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 184, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.096 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cde2',
    500: '#5eb8d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb8d6;
$custom-light: #95cde2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb8d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 59.406,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73857,
    "c": 0.09607,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB8D6

secondary

#DFBCB1

accent

#491EC7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB8D6

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

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