#5EC5EA#5EC5EA

#5EC5EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.109 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC5EA
RGB	rgb(94, 197, 234)
HSL	hsl(196, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 15.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, -19.26, -27.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 33.44, 234.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.0775 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.109 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4278, 48.2488, 85.0610)
Luminance	0.4825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC5EA #EA835E

analogous

#5EEAC9 #5EC5EA #5E7FEA

triadic

#5EC5EA #EA5EC5 #C5EA5E

tetradic

#5EC5EA #C95EEA #EA835E #7FEA5E

square

#5EC5EA #C95EEA #EA835E #7FEA5E

split-complementary

#5EC5EA #EA5E7F #EAC95E

monochromatic

#188CB6 #28B1E3 #5EC5EA #94D9F1 #CAECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#5EC5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#5EC5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC5EA

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC5EA	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C1EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 197, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.109 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d6f0',
    500: '#5ec5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec5ea;
$custom-light: #98d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.857,
    "s": 76.923,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77648,
    "c": 0.10867,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC5EA

secondary

#EAC6BA

accent

#420CD9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC5EA

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

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