#5EC5DC#5EC5DC

#5EC5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.100 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC5DC
RGB	rgb(94, 197, 220)
HSL	hsl(191, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(191, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 10.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.49, -23.35, -20.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.49, 31.08, 221.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.0828 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.1 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4954, 47.4759, 74.8840)
Luminance	0.4748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC5DC #DC755E

analogous

#5EDCB4 #5EC5DC #5E86DC

triadic

#5EC5DC #DC5EC5 #C5DC5E

tetradic

#5EC5DC #B45EDC #DC755E #86DC5E

square

#5EC5DC #B45EDC #DC755E #86DC5E

split-complementary

#5EC5DC #DC5E86 #DCB45E

monochromatic

#22879D #2DB2D0 #5EC5DC #90D7E7 #C3E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#5EC5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#5EC5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC5DC

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC5DC	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 197, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.100 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d6e6',
    500: '#5ec5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec5dc;
$custom-light: #96d6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.952,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77095,
    "c": 0.10047,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC5DC

secondary

#E2BCB3

accent

#3A19CC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC5DC

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

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