#5EC5E4#5EC5E4

#5EC5E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.105 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC5E4
RGB	rgb(94, 197, 228)
HSL	hsl(194, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(194, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 13.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, -21.03, -24.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 32.23, 229.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.0798 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.105 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5804, 47.9098, 80.5981)
Luminance	0.4791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC5E4 #E47D5E

analogous

#5EE4C0 #5EC5E4 #5E82E4

triadic

#5EC5E4 #E45EC5 #C5E45E

tetradic

#5EC5E4 #C05EE4 #E47D5E #82E45E

square

#5EC5E4 #C05EE4 #E47D5E #82E45E

split-complementary

#5EC5E4 #E45E82 #E4C05E

monochromatic

#1D8AAB #2AB2DB #5EC5E4 #92D8ED #C7EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#5EC5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#5EC5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC5E4

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC5E4	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)

#B2C0E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB2E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 197, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.105 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d6ec',
    500: '#5ec5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec5e4;
$custom-light: #97d6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.881,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77406,
    "c": 0.10473,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC5E4

secondary

#E7C2B7

accent

#3F12D3

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC5E4

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

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