#5EB8E4#5EB8E4

#5EB8E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.107 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB8E4
RGB	rgb(94, 184, 228)
HSL	hsl(200, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(200, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 19.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, -14.27, -30.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 33.34, 244.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.066 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.107 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7548, 42.2587, 79.6562)
Luminance	0.4226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB8E4 #E48A5E

analogous

#5EE4CD #5EB8E4 #5E75E4

triadic

#5EB8E4 #E45EB8 #B8E45E

tetradic

#5EB8E4 #CD5EE4 #E48A5E #75E45E

square

#5EB8E4 #CD5EE4 #E48A5E #75E45E

split-complementary

#5EB8E4 #E45E75 #E4CD5E

monochromatic

#1D7CAB #2AA1DB #5EB8E4 #92CFED #C7E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#5EB8E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#5EB8E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB8E4

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB8E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB8E4	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B6E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb8e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 184, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.107 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cdec',
    500: '#5eb8e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb8e4;
$custom-light: #96cdec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb8e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.701,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74438,
    "c": 0.1069,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB8E4

secondary

#E7C7B7

accent

#5212D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB8E4

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

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