#5EB8DB#5EB8DB

#5EB8DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.100 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB8DB
RGB	rgb(94, 184, 219)
HSL	hsl(197, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 16%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -16.97, -25.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 30.83, 236.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.0692 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.1 226)
XYZ	xyz(34.5378, 41.7719, 73.2468)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB8DB #DB815E

analogous

#5EDBC0 #5EB8DB #5E7ADB

triadic

#5EB8DB #DB5EB8 #B8DB5E

tetradic

#5EB8DB #C05EDB #DB815E #7ADB5E

square

#5EB8DB #C05EDB #DB815E #7ADB5E

split-complementary

#5EB8DB #DB5E7A #DBC05E

monochromatic

#237A9C #2EA1CE #5EB8DB #90CEE6 #C2E4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#5EB8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#5EB8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB8DB

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB8DB	1.00	2.24	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B5DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 184, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.100 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cde6',
    500: '#5eb8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb8db;
$custom-light: #96cde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 63.452,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7406,
    "c": 0.09958,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.41775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB8DB

secondary

#E2C0B3

accent

#4C1ACB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB8DB

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

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