#5EB9CC#5EB9CC

#5EB9CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.091 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB9CC
RGB	rgb(94, 185, 204)
HSL	hsl(190, 52%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(190, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 9.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -21.83, -17.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 28.23, 219.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.076 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.091 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8598, 41.4342, 63.3810)
Luminance	0.4144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB9CC #CC715E

analogous

#5ECCA8 #5EB9CC #5E82CC

triadic

#5EB9CC #CC5EB9 #B9CC5E

tetradic

#5EB9CC #A85ECC #CC715E #82CC5E

square

#5EB9CC #A85ECC #CC715E #82CC5E

split-complementary

#5EB9CC #CC5E82 #CCA85E

monochromatic

#2A7685 #399FB4 #5EB9CC #8CCDDB #BBE1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#5EB9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#5EB9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB9CC

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB9CC	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 185, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.091 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cedb',
    500: '#5eb9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb9cc;
$custom-light: #94cedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.364,
    "s": 51.887,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73699,
    "c": 0.09073,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB9CC

secondary

#D9B5AD

accent

#654CDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB9CC

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

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