#5EB8DA#5EB8DA

#5EB8DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.099 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB8DA
RGB	rgb(94, 184, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 15.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -17.26, -25.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 30.58, 235.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0696 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.099 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4066, 41.7194, 72.5555)
Luminance	0.4172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB8DA #DA805E

analogous

#5EDABE #5EB8DA #5E7ADA

triadic

#5EB8DA #DA5EB8 #B8DA5E

tetradic

#5EB8DA #BE5EDA #DA805E #7ADA5E

square

#5EB8DA #BE5EDA #DA805E #7ADA5E

split-complementary

#5EB8DA #DA5E7A #DABE5E

monochromatic

#237A9A #2FA1CC #5EB8DA #90CEE5 #C2E4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#5EB8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#5EB8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB8DA

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB8DA	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B5DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 184, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.099 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cde5',
    500: '#5eb8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb8da;
$custom-light: #95cde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.452,
    "s": 62.626,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74019,
    "c": 0.09885,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB8DA

secondary

#E1BFB3

accent

#4B1BCA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB8DA

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

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