#5EC4EA#5EC4EA

#5EC4EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.109 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC4EA
RGB	rgb(94, 196, 234)
HSL	hsl(196, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 16.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -18.75, -27.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 33.51, 235.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.0765 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.109 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.2015, 47.7962, 84.9856)
Luminance	0.4780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC4EA #EA845E

analogous

#5EEACA #5EC4EA #5E7EEA

triadic

#5EC4EA #EA5EC4 #C4EA5E

tetradic

#5EC4EA #CA5EEA #EA845E #7EEA5E

square

#5EC4EA #CA5EEA #EA845E #7EEA5E

split-complementary

#5EC4EA #EA5E7E #EACA5E

monochromatic

#188BB6 #28B0E3 #5EC4EA #94D8F1 #CAECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#5EC4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#5EC4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC4EA

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC4EA	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 196, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.109 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d6f0',
    500: '#5ec4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec4ea;
$custom-light: #98d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.286,
    "s": 76.923,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7742,
    "c": 0.1088,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC4EA

secondary

#EAC7BA

accent

#440CD9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC4EA

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

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