#5EB8DF#5EB8DF

#5EB8DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.103 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB8DF
RGB	rgb(94, 184, 223)
HSL	hsl(198, 67%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 17.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -15.78, -27.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 31.87, 240.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0677 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.103 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0707, 41.9851, 76.0535)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB8DF #DF855E

analogous

#5EDFC6 #5EB8DF #5E77DF

triadic

#5EB8DF #DF5EB8 #B8DF5E

tetradic

#5EB8DF #C65EDF #DF855E #77DF5E

square

#5EB8DF #C65EDF #DF855E #77DF5E

split-complementary

#5EB8DF #DF5E77 #DFC65E

monochromatic

#207BA2 #2BA1D5 #5EB8DF #91CFE9 #C4E5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#5EB8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#5EB8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB8DF

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB8DF	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B5E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 184, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.103 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cde9',
    500: '#5eb8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb8df;
$custom-light: #96cde9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.14,
    "s": 66.839,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74226,
    "c": 0.10268,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB8DF

secondary

#E4C3B5

accent

#4E17CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB8DF

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

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