#5EC3EC#5EC3EC

#5EC3EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.110 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC3EC
RGB	rgb(94, 195, 236)
HSL	hsl(197, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 17.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.48, -17.63, -29.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.48, 34.09, 238.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.0747 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.11 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.2656, 47.4621, 86.4324)
Luminance	0.4747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC3EC #EC875E

analogous

#5EECCE #5EC3EC #5E7CEC

triadic

#5EC3EC #EC5EC3 #C3EC5E

tetradic

#5EC3EC #CE5EEC #EC875E #7CEC5E

square

#5EC3EC #CE5EEC #EC875E #7CEC5E

split-complementary

#5EC3EC #EC5E7C #ECCE5E

monochromatic

#168ABA #27AFE6 #5EC3EC #95D7F2 #CBECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#5EC3EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#5EC3EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC3EC

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC3EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC3EC	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec3ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 195, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.110 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d5f2',
    500: '#5ec3ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec3ec;
$custom-light: #98d5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec3ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.324,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77275,
    "c": 0.11047,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC3EC

secondary

#EBC9BB

accent

#470ADB

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F3FAFD

border

#CDD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC3EC

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

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