#5EC5DD#5EC5DD

#5EC5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.101 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC5DD
RGB	rgb(94, 197, 221)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(191, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 10.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -23.06, -21.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 31.20, 222.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% -0.0824 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.101 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6283, 47.5290, 75.5836)
Luminance	0.4753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC5DD #DD765E

analogous

#5EDDB6 #5EC5DD #5E86DD

triadic

#5EC5DD #DD5EC5 #C5DD5E

tetradic

#5EC5DD #B65EDD #DD765E #86DD5E

square

#5EC5DD #B65EDD #DD765E #86DD5E

split-complementary

#5EC5DD #DD5E86 #DDB65E

monochromatic

#22879F #2CB2D2 #5EC5DD #91D7E8 #C3E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#5EC5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#5EC5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC5DD

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC5DD	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 197, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.101 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d6e7',
    500: '#5ec5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec5dd;
$custom-light: #96d6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.339,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77133,
    "c": 0.10094,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC5DD

secondary

#E3BDB4

accent

#3B19CD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC5DD

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

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