#5EC6DD#5EC6DD

#5EC6DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.101 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC6DD
RGB	rgb(94, 198, 221)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(191, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 10.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -23.57, -20.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 31.28, 221.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% -0.0835 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.101 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8561, 47.9846, 75.6595)
Luminance	0.4799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC6DD #DD755E

analogous

#5EDDB5 #5EC6DD #5E87DD

triadic

#5EC6DD #DD5EC6 #C6DD5E

tetradic

#5EC6DD #B55EDD #DD755E #87DD5E

square

#5EC6DD #B55EDD #DD755E #87DD5E

split-complementary

#5EC6DD #DD5E87 #DDB55E

monochromatic

#22889F #2CB4D2 #5EC6DD #91D8E8 #C3EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#5EC6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#5EC6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC6DD

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC6DD	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 198, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.101 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d7e7',
    500: '#5ec6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec6dd;
$custom-light: #97d7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.866,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77364,
    "c": 0.10112,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC6DD

secondary

#E3BCB4

accent

#3919CD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC6DD

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

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