#5EB9E8#5EB9E8

#5EB9E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.110 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB9E8
RGB	rgb(94, 185, 232)
HSL	hsl(200, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(200, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 20.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, -13.59, -31.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 34.42, 246.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% -0.0656 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.11 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5250, 42.9003, 82.6840)
Luminance	0.4290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB9E8 #E88D5E

analogous

#5EE8D2 #5EB9E8 #5E74E8

triadic

#5EB9E8 #E85EB9 #B9E85E

tetradic

#5EB9E8 #D25EE8 #E88D5E #74E85E

square

#5EB9E8 #D25EE8 #E88D5E #74E85E

split-complementary

#5EB9E8 #E85E74 #E8D25E

monochromatic

#197EB2 #28A2E0 #5EB9E8 #94D0F0 #C9E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#5EB9E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#5EB9E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB9E8

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB9E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB9E8	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B7EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb9e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 185, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.110 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97ceef',
    500: '#5eb9e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb9e8;
$custom-light: #97ceef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb9e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.435,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74838,
    "c": 0.1101,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB9E8

secondary

#E9C9B9

accent

#530ED7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB9E8

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

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