#5EB9CD#5EB9CD

#5EB9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.091 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB9CD
RGB	rgb(94, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -21.55, -18.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 28.33, 220.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.0756 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.091 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9802, 41.4824, 64.0147)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB9CD #CD725E

analogous

#5ECDA9 #5EB9CD #5E81CD

triadic

#5EB9CD #CD5EB9 #B9CD5E

tetradic

#5EB9CD #A95ECD #CD725E #81CD5E

square

#5EB9CD #A95ECD #CD725E #81CD5E

split-complementary

#5EB9CD #CD5E81 #CDA95E

monochromatic

#2A7687 #389FB5 #5EB9CD #8DCDDC #BBE2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#5EB9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#5EB9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB9CD

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB9CD	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.091 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cedc',
    500: '#5eb9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb9cd;
$custom-light: #94cedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.811,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73737,
    "c": 0.09116,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB9CD

secondary

#D9B5AD

accent

#664CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB9CD

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

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