#5EC6DE#5EC6DE

#5EC6DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.102 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC6DE
RGB	rgb(94, 198, 222)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(191, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 10.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, -23.28, -21.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 31.39, 222.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% -0.0831 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.102 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9897, 48.0381, 76.3633)
Luminance	0.4804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC6DE #DE765E

analogous

#5EDEB6 #5EC6DE #5E86DE

triadic

#5EC6DE #DE5EC6 #C6DE5E

tetradic

#5EC6DE #B65EDE #DE765E #86DE5E

square

#5EC6DE #B65EDE #DE765E #86DE5E

split-complementary

#5EC6DE #DE5E86 #DEB65E

monochromatic

#2189A1 #2BB4D3 #5EC6DE #91D8E8 #C4EAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#5EC6DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#5EC6DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC6DE

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC6DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC6DE	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B2DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec6de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 198, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.102 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d7e8',
    500: '#5ec6de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec6de;
$custom-light: #97d7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec6de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77403,
    "c": 0.10158,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC6DE

secondary

#E4BDB4

accent

#3A18CE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC6DE

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

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