#5EB8DE#5EB8DE

#5EB8DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.102 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB8DE
RGB	rgb(94, 184, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 17.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -16.07, -27.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 31.60, 239.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0681 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.102 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9363, 41.9313, 75.3455)
Luminance	0.4194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB8DE #DE845E

analogous

#5EDEC4 #5EB8DE #5E78DE

triadic

#5EB8DE #DE5EB8 #B8DE5E

tetradic

#5EB8DE #C45EDE #DE845E #78DE5E

square

#5EB8DE #C45EDE #DE845E #78DE5E

split-complementary

#5EB8DE #DE5E78 #DEC45E

monochromatic

#217BA1 #2BA2D3 #5EB8DE #91CEE8 #C4E5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#5EB8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#5EB8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB8DE

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB8DE	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 184, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.102 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cde8',
    500: '#5eb8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb8de;
$custom-light: #96cde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.813,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74184,
    "c": 0.10188,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB8DE

secondary

#E4C2B4

accent

#4E18CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB8DE

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

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