#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
RGBrgb(94, 184, 237)
HSLhsl(202, 80%, 65%)
HSVhsv(202, 60%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(60.3%, 22.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(71.40, -11.52, -34.48)
CIE-LCHlch(71.40, 36.35, 251.53°)
OKLaboklab(74.83% -0.0629 -0.0966)
OKLCHoklch(74.83% 0.115 236.9)
XYZxyz(37.0368, 42.7715, 86.4082)
Luminance0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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OKLCH scale

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
##5EB8ED1.002.209.569.56
#FFFFFF2.201.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5621.001.001.00
##0000009.5621.001.001.00

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

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#5EB8ED Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva