#5EC4E8#5EC4E8

#5EC4E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.107 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC4E8
RGB	rgb(94, 196, 232)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, -19.34, -26.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 33.05, 234.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% -0.0772 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.107 224)
XYZ	xyz(38.9158, 47.6819, 83.4809)
Luminance	0.4769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC4E8 #E8825E

analogous

#5EE8C7 #5EC4E8 #5E7FE8

triadic

#5EC4E8 #E85EC4 #C4E85E

tetradic

#5EC4E8 #C75EE8 #E8825E #7FE85E

square

#5EC4E8 #C75EE8 #E8825E #7FE85E

split-complementary

#5EC4E8 #E85E7F #E8C75E

monochromatic

#198AB2 #28B0E0 #5EC4E8 #94D8F0 #C9EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#5EC4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#5EC4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC4E8

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC4E8	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C0EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB1E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 196, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.107 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d6ef',
    500: '#5ec4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec4e8;
$custom-light: #97d6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77338,
    "c": 0.10739,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.47686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC4E8

secondary

#E9C5B9

accent

#430ED7

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC4E8

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

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