#5EC5EE#5EC5EE

#5EC5EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.112 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC5EE
RGB	rgb(94, 197, 238)
HSL	hsl(197, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 17.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -18.07, -29.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 34.39, 238.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0761 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.112 227)
XYZ	xyz(40.0089, 48.4812, 88.1217)
Luminance	0.4849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC5EE #EE875E

analogous

#5EEECF #5EC5EE #5E7DEE

triadic

#5EC5EE #EE5EC5 #C5EE5E

tetradic

#5EC5EE #CF5EEE #EE875E #7DEE5E

square

#5EC5EE #CF5EEE #EE875E #7DEE5E

split-complementary

#5EC5EE #EE5E7D #EECF5E

monochromatic

#148DBE #27B1E8 #5EC5EE #95D9F4 #CDEDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#5EC5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#5EC5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC5EE

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC5EE	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB2EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 197, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.112 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d6f3',
    500: '#5ec5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec5ee;
$custom-light: #98d6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.083,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77812,
    "c": 0.11159,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.48485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC5EE

secondary

#ECC9BB

accent

#4508DD

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F3FAFD

border

#CDD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC5EE

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

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