#5EB9EF#5EB9EF

#5EB9EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.117 H 237.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB9EF
RGB	rgb(94, 185, 239)
HSL	hsl(202, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 22.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -11.44, -35.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 36.82, 251.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.0633 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.117 237.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5391, 43.3059, 88.0252)
Luminance	0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB9EF #EF945E

analogous

#5EEFDD #5EB9EF #5E70EF

triadic

#5EB9EF #EF5EB9 #B9EF5E

tetradic

#5EB9EF #DD5EEF #EF945E #70EF5E

square

#5EB9EF #DD5EEF #EF945E #70EF5E

split-complementary

#5EB9EF #EF5E70 #EFDD5E

monochromatic

#137FC0 #26A1E9 #5EB9EF #96D1F5 #CDE9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#5EB9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#5EB9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB9EF

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB9EF	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B8F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA9EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 185, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.117 237.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98cef4',
    500: '#5eb9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb9ef;
$custom-light: #98cef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.345,
    "s": 81.921,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75147,
    "c": 0.11671,
    "h": 237.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB9EF

secondary

#EDCEBC

accent

#5707DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB9EF

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

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