#5EC4E6#5EC4E6

#5EC4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.106 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC4E6
RGB	rgb(94, 196, 230)
HSL	hsl(195, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 14.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.55, -19.93, -25.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.55, 32.63, 232.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% -0.078 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.106 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6333, 47.5689, 81.9933)
Luminance	0.4757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC4E6 #E6805E

analogous

#5EE6C4 #5EC4E6 #5E80E6

triadic

#5EC4E6 #E65EC4 #C4E65E

tetradic

#5EC4E6 #C45EE6 #E6805E #80E65E

square

#5EC4E6 #C45EE6 #E6805E #80E65E

split-complementary

#5EC4E6 #E65E80 #E6C45E

monochromatic

#1B8AAF #29B1DE #5EC4E6 #93D7EE #C8EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#5EC4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#5EC4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC4E6

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC4E6	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C0E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB1E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 196, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.106 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d6ee',
    500: '#5ec4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec4e6;
$custom-light: #97d6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 73.118,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77257,
    "c": 0.10603,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC4E6

secondary

#E8C4B8

accent

#4210D5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC4E6

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

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