#5EB9EE#5EB9EE

#5EB9EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.116 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB9EE
RGB	rgb(94, 185, 238)
HSL	hsl(202, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 22.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -11.75, -34.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 36.46, 251.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.0636 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.116 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3918, 43.2470, 87.2493)
Luminance	0.4325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB9EE #EE935E

analogous

#5EEEDB #5EB9EE #5E71EE

triadic

#5EB9EE #EE5EB9 #B9EE5E

tetradic

#5EB9EE #DB5EEE #EE935E #71EE5E

square

#5EB9EE #DB5EEE #EE935E #71EE5E

split-complementary

#5EB9EE #EE5E71 #EEDB5E

monochromatic

#147FBE #27A1E8 #5EB9EE #95D1F4 #CDE9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#5EB9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#5EB9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB9EE

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB9EE	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA9ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 185, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.116 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98cef3',
    500: '#5eb9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb9ee;
$custom-light: #98cef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.083,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75102,
    "c": 0.11573,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB9EE

secondary

#ECCDBB

accent

#5708DD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB9EE

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

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