#5EC5EC#5EC5EC

#5EC5EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.110 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC5EC
RGB	rgb(94, 197, 236)
HSL	hsl(196, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.05, -18.67, -28.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.05, 33.90, 236.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% -0.0768 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.11 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7167, 48.3644, 86.5828)
Luminance	0.4837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC5EC #EC855E

analogous

#5EECCC #5EC5EC #5E7EEC

triadic

#5EC5EC #EC5EC5 #C5EC5E

tetradic

#5EC5EC #CC5EEC #EC855E #7EEC5E

square

#5EC5EC #CC5EEC #EC855E #7EEC5E

split-complementary

#5EC5EC #EC5E7E #ECCC5E

monochromatic

#168DBA #27B1E6 #5EC5EC #95D9F2 #CBECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#5EC5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#5EC5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC5EC

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC5EC	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 197, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.110 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d6f2',
    500: '#5ec5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec5ec;
$custom-light: #98d6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.479,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7773,
    "c": 0.1101,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC5EC

secondary

#EBC8BB

accent

#440ADB

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F3FAFD

border

#CDD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC5EC

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

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