#5EB9E9#5EB9E9

#5EB9E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.111 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB9E9
RGB	rgb(94, 185, 233)
HSL	hsl(201, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 20.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, -13.28, -32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 34.75, 247.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0653 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.111 234)
XYZ	xyz(36.6674, 42.9573, 83.4342)
Luminance	0.4296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB9E9 #E98E5E

analogous

#5EE9D3 #5EB9E9 #5E74E9

triadic

#5EB9E9 #E95EB9 #B9E95E

tetradic

#5EB9E9 #D35EE9 #E98E5E #74E95E

square

#5EB9E9 #D35EE9 #E98E5E #74E95E

split-complementary

#5EB9E9 #E95E74 #E9D35E

monochromatic

#197EB4 #28A2E2 #5EB9E9 #94D0F0 #CAE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#5EB9E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#5EB9E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB9E9

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB9E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB9E9	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B7EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb9e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 185, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.111 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97cef0',
    500: '#5eb9e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb9e9;
$custom-light: #97cef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb9e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.719,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74881,
    "c": 0.11101,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.42961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB9E9

secondary

#EACAB9

accent

#530DD8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB9E9

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

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