#5EC5ED#5EC5ED

#5EC5ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.111 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC5ED
RGB	rgb(94, 197, 237)
HSL	hsl(197, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 16.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -18.37, -28.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 34.15, 237.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.0764 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.111 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8624, 48.4226, 87.3501)
Luminance	0.4843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC5ED #ED865E

analogous

#5EEDCD #5EC5ED #5E7EED

triadic

#5EC5ED #ED5EC5 #C5ED5E

tetradic

#5EC5ED #CD5EED #ED865E #7EED5E

square

#5EC5ED #CD5EED #ED865E #7EED5E

split-complementary

#5EC5ED #ED5E7E #EDCD5E

monochromatic

#158DBC #27B1E7 #5EC5ED #95D9F3 #CCEDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#5EC5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#5EC5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC5ED

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC5ED	1.00	1.97	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB2ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 197, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.111 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d6f3',
    500: '#5ec5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec5ed;
$custom-light: #98d6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.783,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77771,
    "c": 0.11083,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC5ED

secondary

#ECC9BB

accent

#4409DC

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F3FAFD

border

#CDD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC5ED

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

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