#5EB8ED#5EB8ED

#5EB8ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.115 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB8ED
RGB	rgb(94, 184, 237)
HSL	hsl(202, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 22.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -11.52, -34.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 36.35, 251.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0629 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.115 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0368, 42.7715, 86.4082)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB8ED #ED935E

analogous

#5EEDDB #5EB8ED #5E70ED

triadic

#5EB8ED #ED5EB8 #B8ED5E

tetradic

#5EB8ED #DB5EED #ED935E #70ED5E

square

#5EB8ED #DB5EED #ED935E #70ED5E

split-complementary

#5EB8ED #ED5E70 #EDDB5E

monochromatic

#157EBC #27A0E7 #5EB8ED #95D0F3 #CCE9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#5EB8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#5EB8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB8ED

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB8ED	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB7F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA8EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 184, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.115 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97cdf3',
    500: '#5eb8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb8ed;
$custom-light: #97cdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.238,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74833,
    "c": 0.11525,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB8ED

secondary

#ECCDBB

accent

#5709DC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB8ED

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

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