#5EB8EC#5EB8EC

#5EB8EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.114 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB8EC
RGB	rgb(94, 184, 236)
HSL	hsl(202, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 22%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -11.83, -34.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 35.99, 250.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0632 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.114 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.8911, 42.7132, 85.6409)
Luminance	0.4272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB8EC #EC925E

analogous

#5EECD9 #5EB8EC #5E71EC

triadic

#5EB8EC #EC5EB8 #B8EC5E

tetradic

#5EB8EC #D95EEC #EC925E #71EC5E

square

#5EB8EC #D95EEC #EC925E #71EC5E

split-complementary

#5EB8EC #EC5E71 #ECD95E

monochromatic

#167EBA #27A0E6 #5EB8EC #95D0F2 #CBE8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#5EB8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#5EB8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB8EC

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB8EC	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 184, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.114 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97cdf2',
    500: '#5eb8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb8ec;
$custom-light: #97cdf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.972,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74788,
    "c": 0.11427,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB8EC

secondary

#EBCCBB

accent

#570ADB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB8EC

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

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