#5EB9E6#5EB9E6

#5EB9E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.108 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB9E6
RGB	rgb(94, 185, 230)
HSL	hsl(200, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(200, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 19.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -14.19, -30.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 33.78, 245.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0663 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.108 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2425, 42.7873, 81.1964)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB9E6 #E68B5E

analogous

#5EE6CF #5EB9E6 #5E75E6

triadic

#5EB9E6 #E65EB9 #B9E65E

tetradic

#5EB9E6 #CF5EE6 #E68B5E #75E65E

square

#5EB9E6 #CF5EE6 #E68B5E #75E65E

split-complementary

#5EB9E6 #E65E75 #E6CF5E

monochromatic

#1B7EAF #29A2DE #5EB9E6 #93D0EE #C8E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#5EB9E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#5EB9E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB9E6

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB9E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB9E6	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B7E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb9e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 185, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.108 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97ceee',
    500: '#5eb9e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb9e6;
$custom-light: #97ceee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb9e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.853,
    "s": 73.118,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74751,
    "c": 0.10831,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB9E6

secondary

#E8C8B8

accent

#5110D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB9E6

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

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