#5EC4ED#5EC4ED

#5EC4ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.111 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC4ED
RGB	rgb(94, 196, 237)
HSL	hsl(197, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 17.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -17.85, -29.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 34.24, 238.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% -0.0754 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.111 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.6361, 47.9700, 87.2747)
Luminance	0.4797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC4ED #ED875E

analogous

#5EEDCF #5EC4ED #5E7CED

triadic

#5EC4ED #ED5EC4 #C4ED5E

tetradic

#5EC4ED #CF5EED #ED875E #7CED5E

square

#5EC4ED #CF5EED #ED875E #7CED5E

split-complementary

#5EC4ED #ED5E7C #EDCF5E

monochromatic

#158CBC #27B0E7 #5EC4ED #95D8F3 #CCECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#5EC4ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#5EC4ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC4ED

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC4ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC4ED	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB2ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec4ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 196, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.111 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d6f3',
    500: '#5ec4ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec4ed;
$custom-light: #98d6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec4ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.203,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77544,
    "c": 0.11103,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC4ED

secondary

#ECC9BB

accent

#4609DC

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F3FAFD

border

#CDD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC4ED

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

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