#5EC5EF#5EC5EF

#5EC5EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.112 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC5EF
RGB	rgb(94, 197, 239)
HSL	hsl(197, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 17.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -17.77, -29.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 34.65, 239.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.0757 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.112 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.1562, 48.5402, 88.8976)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC5EF #EF885E

analogous

#5EEFD0 #5EC5EF #5E7DEF

triadic

#5EC5EF #EF5EC5 #C5EF5E

tetradic

#5EC5EF #D05EEF #EF885E #7DEF5E

square

#5EC5EF #D05EEF #EF885E #7DEF5E

split-complementary

#5EC5EF #EF5E7D #EFD05E

monochromatic

#138EC0 #26B1E9 #5EC5EF #96D9F5 #CDEDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#5EC5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#5EC5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC5EF

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC5EF	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC2F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB2EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 197, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.112 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d6f4',
    500: '#5ec5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec5ef;
$custom-light: #98d6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.379,
    "s": 81.921,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77854,
    "c": 0.11236,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC5EF

secondary

#EDCABC

accent

#4607DE

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F3FAFD

border

#CDD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC5EF

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

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