#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
RGB	rgb(94, 185, 234)
HSL	hsl(201, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 20.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -12.98, -32.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 35.08, 248.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.0649 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.112 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8107, 43.0146, 84.1887)
Luminance	0.4302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

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
##5EB9EA	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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