#5EB9DC#5EB9DC

#5EB9DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.100 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB9DC
RGB	rgb(94, 185, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 15.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -17.19, -25.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 30.99, 236.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0699 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.1 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.8783, 42.2416, 74.0117)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB9DC #DC815E

analogous

#5EDCC0 #5EB9DC #5E7ADC

triadic

#5EB9DC #DC5EB9 #B9DC5E

tetradic

#5EB9DC #C05EDC #DC815E #7ADC5E

square

#5EB9DC #C05EDC #DC815E #7ADC5E

split-complementary

#5EB9DC #DC5E7A #DCC05E

monochromatic

#227B9D #2DA3D0 #5EB9DC #90CFE7 #C3E5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#5EB9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#5EB9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB9DC

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB9DC	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 185, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.100 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cee7',
    500: '#5eb9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb9dc;
$custom-light: #96cee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7433,
    "c": 0.10018,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB9DC

secondary

#E2C0B3

accent

#4B19CC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB9DC

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

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