#5EC2E6#5EC2E6

#5EC2E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.106 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC2E6
RGB	rgb(94, 194, 230)
HSL	hsl(196, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 15.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, -18.90, -26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 32.72, 234.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.0758 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.106 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1852, 46.6727, 81.8439)
Luminance	0.4668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC2E6 #E6825E

analogous

#5EE6C6 #5EC2E6 #5E7EE6

triadic

#5EC2E6 #E65EC2 #C2E65E

tetradic

#5EC2E6 #C65EE6 #E6825E #7EE65E

square

#5EC2E6 #C65EE6 #E6825E #7EE65E

split-complementary

#5EC2E6 #E65E7E #E6C65E

monochromatic

#1B87AF #29AEDE #5EC2E6 #93D6EE #C8EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#5EC2E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#5EC2E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC2E6

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC2E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC2E6	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBEE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB0E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec2e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 194, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.106 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d4ee',
    500: '#5ec2e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec2e6;
$custom-light: #97d4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec2e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.882,
    "s": 73.118,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.768,
    "c": 0.10622,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC2E6

secondary

#E8C5B8

accent

#4410D5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC2E6

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

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