#5EB9EC#5EB9EC

#5EB9EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.114 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB9EC
RGB	rgb(94, 185, 236)
HSL	hsl(202, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 21.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, -12.36, -33.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 35.76, 249.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.0643 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.114 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0996, 43.1301, 85.7104)
Luminance	0.4313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB9EC #EC915E

analogous

#5EECD8 #5EB9EC #5E72EC

triadic

#5EB9EC #EC5EB9 #B9EC5E

tetradic

#5EB9EC #D85EEC #EC915E #72EC5E

square

#5EB9EC #D85EEC #EC915E #72EC5E

split-complementary

#5EB9EC #EC5E72 #ECD85E

monochromatic

#167FBA #27A1E6 #5EB9EC #95D1F2 #CBE9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#5EB9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#5EB9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB9EC

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB9EC	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 185, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.114 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97cef2',
    500: '#5eb9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb9ec;
$custom-light: #97cef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.549,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75013,
    "c": 0.11382,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB9EC

secondary

#EBCCBB

accent

#550ADB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB9EC

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

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