#5EB8EA#5EB8EA

#5EB8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.112 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB8EA
RGB	rgb(94, 184, 234)
HSL	hsl(201, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, -12.44, -33.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 35.30, 249.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.0639 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.112 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6022, 42.5976, 84.1192)
Luminance	0.4260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB8EA #EA905E

analogous

#5EEAD6 #5EB8EA #5E72EA

triadic

#5EB8EA #EA5EB8 #B8EA5E

tetradic

#5EB8EA #D65EEA #EA905E #72EA5E

square

#5EB8EA #D65EEA #EA905E #72EA5E

split-complementary

#5EB8EA #EA5E72 #EAD65E

monochromatic

#187DB6 #28A0E3 #5EB8EA #94D0F1 #CAE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#5EB8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#5EB8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB8EA

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB8EA	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B7EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA8E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 184, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.112 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97cdf1',
    500: '#5eb8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb8ea;
$custom-light: #97cdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.429,
    "s": 76.923,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.747,
    "c": 0.11236,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB8EA

secondary

#EACBBA

accent

#550CD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB8EA

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

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