#5EC3EF#5EC3EF

#5EC3EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.113 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC3EF
RGB	rgb(94, 195, 239)
HSL	hsl(198, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 18.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -16.73, -30.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 34.89, 241.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% -0.0736 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.113 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7051, 47.6379, 88.7472)
Luminance	0.4764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC3EF #EF8A5E

analogous

#5EEFD3 #5EC3EF #5E7AEF

triadic

#5EC3EF #EF5EC3 #C3EF5E

tetradic

#5EC3EF #D35EEF #EF8A5E #7AEF5E

square

#5EC3EF #D35EEF #EF8A5E #7AEF5E

split-complementary

#5EC3EF #EF5E7A #EFD35E

monochromatic

#138BC0 #26AEE9 #5EC3EF #96D8F5 #CDECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#5EC3EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#5EC3EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC3EF

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC3EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC3EF	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACC0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B1EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec3ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 195, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.113 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d5f4',
    500: '#5ec3ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec3ef;
$custom-light: #98d5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec3ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.207,
    "s": 81.921,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77401,
    "c": 0.11285,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC3EF

secondary

#EDCBBC

accent

#4807DE

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F3FAFD

border

#CDD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC3EF

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

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