#5EC4E1#5EC4E1

#5EC4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.103 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC4E1
RGB	rgb(94, 196, 225)
HSL	hsl(193, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(193, 58%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 12.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.38, -21.40, -23.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.38, 31.71, 227.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.0798 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.103 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9412, 47.2921, 78.3484)
Luminance	0.4730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC4E1 #E17B5E

analogous

#5EE1BC #5EC4E1 #5E83E1

triadic

#5EC4E1 #E15EC4 #C4E15E

tetradic

#5EC4E1 #BC5EE1 #E17B5E #83E15E

square

#5EC4E1 #BC5EE1 #E17B5E #83E15E

split-complementary

#5EC4E1 #E15E83 #E1BC5E

monochromatic

#1F88A6 #2AB1D7 #5EC4E1 #92D7EB #C5EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#5EC4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#5EC4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC4E1

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC4E1	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)

#B2BFE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB1E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 196, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.103 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d6ea',
    500: '#5ec4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec4e1;
$custom-light: #97d6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.282,
    "s": 68.586,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77058,
    "c": 0.10295,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC4E1

secondary

#E5C0B6

accent

#3E15D1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC4E1

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

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