#5EC3EA#5EC3EA

#5EC3EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.109 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC3EA
RGB	rgb(94, 195, 234)
HSL	hsl(197, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 16.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, -18.23, -28.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 33.59, 237.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% -0.0754 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.109 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9767, 47.3466, 84.9107)
Luminance	0.4735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC3EA #EA855E

analogous

#5EEACB #5EC3EA #5E7DEA

triadic

#5EC3EA #EA5EC3 #C3EA5E

tetradic

#5EC3EA #CB5EEA #EA855E #7DEA5E

square

#5EC3EA #CB5EEA #EA855E #7DEA5E

split-complementary

#5EC3EA #EA5E7D #EACB5E

monochromatic

#188AB6 #28AFE3 #5EC3EA #94D7F1 #CAEBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#5EC3EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#5EC3EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC3EA

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC3EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC3EA	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec3ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 195, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.109 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d5f0',
    500: '#5ec3ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec3ea;
$custom-light: #98d5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec3ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.714,
    "s": 76.923,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77192,
    "c": 0.10896,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC3EA

secondary

#EAC7BA

accent

#450CD9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC3EA

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

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