#5EB9EA#5EB9EA

#5EB9EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.112 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5EB9EA
RGBrgb(94, 185, 234)
HSLhsl(201, 77%, 64%)
HSVhsv(201, 60%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(59.8%, 20.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LABlab(71.56, -12.98, -32.59)
CIE-LCHlch(71.56, 35.08, 248.29°)
OKLaboklab(74.93% -0.0649 -0.0912)
OKLCHoklch(74.93% 0.112 234.5)
XYZxyz(36.8107, 43.0146, 84.1887)
Luminance0.4302 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5EB9EA #EA8F5E
analogous
#5EEAD5 #5EB9EA #5E73EA
triadic
#5EB9EA #EA5EB9 #B9EA5E
tetradic
#5EB9EA #D55EEA #EA8F5E #73EA5E
square
#5EB9EA #D55EEA #EA8F5E #73EA5E
split-complementary
#5EB9EA #EA5E73 #EAD55E
monochromatic
#187FB6 #28A1E3 #5EB9EA #94D1F1 #CAE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19
#5EB9EA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60
#5EB9EA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB9EA
9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5EB9EA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5EB9EA1.002.199.609.60
#FFFFFF2.191.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6021.001.001.00
##0000009.6021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A2B7EC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8EA9E9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C6C9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5eb9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 185, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.112 234.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97cef1',
    500: '#5eb9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5eb9ea;
$custom-light: #97cef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5eb9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201,
    "s": 76.923,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74925,
    "c": 0.11193,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5EB9EA
secondary
#EACBBA
accent
#540CD9
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FD
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0F1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB9EA

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#5EB9EA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva