#5EB8D8#5EB8D8

#5EB8D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.097 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB8D8
RGB	rgb(94, 184, 216)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 14.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -17.85, -24.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 30.12, 233.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.0703 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.097 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1464, 41.6153, 71.1855)
Luminance	0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB8D8 #D87E5E

analogous

#5ED8BB #5EB8D8 #5E7BD8

triadic

#5EB8D8 #D85EB8 #B8D85E

tetradic

#5EB8D8 #BB5ED8 #D87E5E #7BD85E

square

#5EB8D8 #BB5ED8 #D87E5E #7BD85E

split-complementary

#5EB8D8 #D85E7B #D8BB5E

monochromatic

#257997 #31A0C8 #5EB8D8 #8FCEE4 #C1E3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#5EB8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#5EB8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB8D8

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB8D8	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B4DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A7D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 184, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.097 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cde4',
    500: '#5eb8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb8d8;
$custom-light: #95cde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.738,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73938,
    "c": 0.09743,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB8D8

secondary

#E0BEB2

accent

#4A1DC9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB8D8

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

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