#5EB9DF#5EB9DF

#5EB9DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.102 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB9DF
RGB	rgb(94, 185, 223)
HSL	hsl(198, 67%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 17%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -16.30, -27.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 31.76, 239.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.0688 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.102 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.2792, 42.4020, 76.1229)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB9DF #DF845E

analogous

#5EDFC4 #5EB9DF #5E79DF

triadic

#5EB9DF #DF5EB9 #B9DF5E

tetradic

#5EB9DF #C45EDF #DF845E #79DF5E

square

#5EB9DF #C45EDF #DF845E #79DF5E

split-complementary

#5EB9DF #DF5E79 #DFC45E

monochromatic

#207CA2 #2BA3D5 #5EB9DF #91CFE9 #C4E5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#5EB9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#5EB9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB9DF

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB9DF	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B6E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A8DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 185, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.102 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cee9',
    500: '#5eb9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb9df;
$custom-light: #96cee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.674,
    "s": 66.839,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74455,
    "c": 0.10247,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB9DF

secondary

#E4C3B5

accent

#4D17CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB9DF

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

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