#5EC4EC#5EC4EC

#5EC4EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.110 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC4EC
RGB	rgb(94, 196, 236)
HSL	hsl(197, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 16.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, -18.15, -28.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 33.99, 237.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.0758 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.11 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4904, 47.9117, 86.5074)
Luminance	0.4792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC4EC #EC865E

analogous

#5EECCD #5EC4EC #5E7DEC

triadic

#5EC4EC #EC5EC4 #C4EC5E

tetradic

#5EC4EC #CD5EEC #EC865E #7DEC5E

square

#5EC4EC #CD5EEC #EC865E #7DEC5E

split-complementary

#5EC4EC #EC5E7D #ECCD5E

monochromatic

#168CBA #27B0E6 #5EC4EC #95D8F2 #CBECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#5EC4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#5EC4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC4EC

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC4EC	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 196, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.110 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d6f2',
    500: '#5ec4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec4ec;
$custom-light: #98d6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.901,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77502,
    "c": 0.11027,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC4EC

secondary

#EBC8BB

accent

#450ADB

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F3FAFD

border

#CDD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC4EC

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

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