#5EC3EE#5EC3EE

#5EC3EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.112 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC3EE
RGB	rgb(94, 195, 238)
HSL	hsl(198, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 18.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, -17.03, -30.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 34.62, 240.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% -0.074 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.112 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.5578, 47.5790, 87.9713)
Luminance	0.4758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC3EE #EE895E

analogous

#5EEED1 #5EC3EE #5E7BEE

triadic

#5EC3EE #EE5EC3 #C3EE5E

tetradic

#5EC3EE #D15EEE #EE895E #7BEE5E

square

#5EC3EE #D15EEE #EE895E #7BEE5E

split-complementary

#5EC3EE #EE5E7B #EED15E

monochromatic

#148BBE #27AEE8 #5EC3EE #95D8F4 #CDECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#5EC3EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#5EC3EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC3EE

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC3EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC3EE	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B1ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec3ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 195, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.112 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d5f3',
    500: '#5ec3ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec3ee;
$custom-light: #98d5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec3ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.917,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77359,
    "c": 0.11205,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC3EE

secondary

#ECCABB

accent

#4808DD

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F3FAFD

border

#CDD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC3EE

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

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