#5EC4E5#5EC4E5

#5EC4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.105 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC4E5
RGB	rgb(94, 196, 229)
HSL	hsl(195, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 14.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.52, -20.23, -25.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.52, 32.43, 231.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.0783 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.105 222)
XYZ	xyz(38.4933, 47.5129, 81.2559)
Luminance	0.4752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC4E5 #E57F5E

analogous

#5EE5C3 #5EC4E5 #5E80E5

triadic

#5EC4E5 #E55EC4 #C4E55E

tetradic

#5EC4E5 #C35EE5 #E57F5E #80E55E

square

#5EC4E5 #C35EE5 #E57F5E #80E55E

split-complementary

#5EC4E5 #E55E80 #E5C35E

monochromatic

#1C89AD #29B1DC #5EC4E5 #93D7EE #C7EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#5EC4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#5EC4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC4E5

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC4E5	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB1E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 196, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.105 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d6ed',
    500: '#5ec4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec4e5;
$custom-light: #97d6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.667,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77217,
    "c": 0.10538,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.47517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC4E5

secondary

#E7C3B7

accent

#4111D4

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC4E5

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

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