#5EB9CE#5EB9CE

#5EB9CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.092 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB9CE
RGB	rgb(94, 185, 206)
HSL	hsl(191, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -21.26, -18.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 28.44, 221.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.0752 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.092 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1012, 41.5308, 64.6524)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB9CE #CE735E

analogous

#5ECEAB #5EB9CE #5E81CE

triadic

#5EB9CE #CE5EB9 #B9CE5E

tetradic

#5EB9CE #AB5ECE #CE735E #81CE5E

square

#5EB9CE #AB5ECE #CE735E #81CE5E

split-complementary

#5EB9CE #CE5E81 #CEAB5E

monochromatic

#297688 #389FB7 #5EB9CE #8DCDDC #BCE2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#5EB9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#5EB9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB9CE

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB9CE	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 185, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.092 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cedd',
    500: '#5eb9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb9ce;
$custom-light: #94cedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73775,
    "c": 0.09163,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB9CE

secondary

#DAB6AE

accent

#664BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB9CE

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

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