#5EC5E7#5EC5E7

#5EC5E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.107 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC5E7
RGB	rgb(94, 197, 231)
HSL	hsl(195, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 14.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, -20.15, -25.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 32.80, 232.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.53% -0.0786 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(77.53% 0.107 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0005, 48.0779, 82.8104)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC5E7 #E7805E

analogous

#5EE7C5 #5EC5E7 #5E80E7

triadic

#5EC5E7 #E75EC5 #C5E75E

tetradic

#5EC5E7 #C55EE7 #E7805E #80E75E

square

#5EC5E7 #C55EE7 #E7805E #80E75E

split-complementary

#5EC5E7 #E75E80 #E7C55E

monochromatic

#1A8BB0 #29B2DF #5EC5E7 #93D8EF #C9EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#5EC5E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#5EC5E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC5E7

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC5E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC5E7	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C1E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB2E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 197, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.107 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d6ee',
    500: '#5ec5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec5e7;
$custom-light: #97d6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.891,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77526,
    "c": 0.10663,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC5E7

secondary

#E9C4B8

accent

#410FD6

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC5E7

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

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