#5EB8DD#5EB8DD

#5EB8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.101 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB8DD
RGB	rgb(94, 184, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 16.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -16.37, -26.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 31.33, 238.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0685 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.101 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8027, 41.8778, 74.6417)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB8DD #DD835E

analogous

#5EDDC2 #5EB8DD #5E79DD

triadic

#5EB8DD #DD5EB8 #B8DD5E

tetradic

#5EB8DD #C25EDD #DD835E #79DD5E

square

#5EB8DD #C25EDD #DD835E #79DD5E

split-complementary

#5EB8DD #DD5E79 #DDC25E

monochromatic

#227A9F #2CA1D2 #5EB8DD #91CEE8 #C3E5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#5EB8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#5EB8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB8DD

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB8DD	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 184, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.101 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cde7',
    500: '#5eb8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb8dd;
$custom-light: #96cde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.48,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74143,
    "c": 0.1011,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB8DD

secondary

#E3C2B4

accent

#4D19CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB8DD

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

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