#5EB9DD#5EB9DD

#5EB9DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.101 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB9DD
RGB	rgb(94, 185, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 16.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -16.90, -26.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 31.24, 237.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0695 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.101 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0112, 42.2948, 74.7112)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB9DD #DD825E

analogous

#5EDDC2 #5EB9DD #5E7ADD

triadic

#5EB9DD #DD5EB9 #B9DD5E

tetradic

#5EB9DD #C25EDD #DD825E #7ADD5E

square

#5EB9DD #C25EDD #DD825E #7ADD5E

split-complementary

#5EB9DD #DD5E7A #DDC25E

monochromatic

#227B9F #2CA3D2 #5EB9DD #91CFE8 #C3E5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#5EB9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#5EB9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB9DD

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB9DD	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A8DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 185, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.101 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cee7',
    500: '#5eb9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb9dd;
$custom-light: #96cee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.008,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74372,
    "c": 0.10093,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB9DD

secondary

#E3C1B4

accent

#4C19CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB9DD

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

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