#5EC3E9#5EC3E9

#5EC3E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.108 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC3E9
RGB	rgb(94, 195, 233)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 16.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -18.53, -27.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 33.35, 236.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% -0.0758 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.108 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.8334, 47.2893, 84.1562)
Luminance	0.4729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC3E9 #E9845E

analogous

#5EE9CA #5EC3E9 #5E7EE9

triadic

#5EC3E9 #E95EC3 #C3E95E

tetradic

#5EC3E9 #CA5EE9 #E9845E #7EE95E

square

#5EC3E9 #CA5EE9 #E9845E #7EE95E

split-complementary

#5EC3E9 #E95E7E #E9CA5E

monochromatic

#198AB4 #28AFE2 #5EC3E9 #94D7F0 #CAEBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#5EC3E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#5EC3E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC3E9

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC3E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC3E9	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBFEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec3e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 195, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.108 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d5f0',
    500: '#5ec3e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec3e9;
$custom-light: #97d5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec3e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.403,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77151,
    "c": 0.10823,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC3E9

secondary

#EAC6B9

accent

#450DD8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC3E9

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

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