#5EB8EE#5EB8EE

#5EB8EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.116 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB8EE
RGB	rgb(94, 184, 238)
HSL	hsl(203, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 22.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, -11.21, -34.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 36.71, 252.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0625 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.116 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1833, 42.8301, 87.1798)
Luminance	0.4283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB8EE #EE945E

analogous

#5EEEDC #5EB8EE #5E70EE

triadic

#5EB8EE #EE5EB8 #B8EE5E

tetradic

#5EB8EE #DC5EEE #EE945E #70EE5E

square

#5EB8EE #DC5EEE #EE945E #70EE5E

split-complementary

#5EB8EE #EE5E70 #EEDC5E

monochromatic

#147EBE #27A0E8 #5EB8EE #95D0F4 #CDE9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#5EB8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#5EB8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB8EE

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB8EE	1.00	2.20	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA9ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 184, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.116 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98cdf3',
    500: '#5eb8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb8ee;
$custom-light: #98cdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74878,
    "c": 0.11623,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB8EE

secondary

#ECCEBB

accent

#5808DD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB8EE

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

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