#5EB9DB#5EB9DB

#5EB9DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.099 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB9DB
RGB	rgb(94, 185, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 15.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -17.49, -25.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 30.75, 235.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.0703 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.099 225)
XYZ	xyz(34.7463, 42.1888, 73.3162)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB9DB #DB805E

analogous

#5EDBBF #5EB9DB #5E7BDB

triadic

#5EB9DB #DB5EB9 #B9DB5E

tetradic

#5EB9DB #BF5EDB #DB805E #7BDB5E

square

#5EB9DB #BF5EDB #DB805E #7BDB5E

split-complementary

#5EB9DB #DB5E7B #DBBF5E

monochromatic

#237B9C #2EA2CE #5EB9DB #90CFE6 #C2E4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#5EB9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#5EB9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB9DB

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB9DB	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B5DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 185, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.099 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cee6',
    500: '#5eb9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb9db;
$custom-light: #96cee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.32,
    "s": 63.452,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74289,
    "c": 0.09945,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.42192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB9DB

secondary

#E2C0B3

accent

#4A1ACB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB9DB

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

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