#5EB8DC#5EB8DC

#5EB8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.100 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB8DC
RGB	rgb(94, 184, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 16.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -16.67, -26.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 31.08, 237.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0688 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.1 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6699, 41.8247, 73.9422)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB8DC #DC825E

analogous

#5EDCC1 #5EB8DC #5E79DC

triadic

#5EB8DC #DC5EB8 #B8DC5E

tetradic

#5EB8DC #C15EDC #DC825E #79DC5E

square

#5EB8DC #C15EDC #DC825E #79DC5E

split-complementary

#5EB8DC #DC5E79 #DCC15E

monochromatic

#227A9D #2DA1D0 #5EB8DC #90CEE7 #C3E4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#5EB8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#5EB8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB8DC

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB8DC	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 184, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.100 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cde7',
    500: '#5eb8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb8dc;
$custom-light: #96cde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74101,
    "c": 0.10033,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB8DC

secondary

#E2C1B3

accent

#4C19CC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB8DC

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

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