#5EC6E8#5EC6E8

#5EC6E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.107 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC6E8
RGB	rgb(94, 198, 232)
HSL	hsl(195, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 14.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -20.37, -25.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 32.97, 231.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.0793 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.107 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3699, 48.5901, 83.6323)
Luminance	0.4859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC6E8 #E8805E

analogous

#5EE8C5 #5EC6E8 #5E81E8

triadic

#5EC6E8 #E85EC6 #C6E85E

tetradic

#5EC6E8 #C55EE8 #E8805E #81E85E

square

#5EC6E8 #C55EE8 #E8805E #81E85E

split-complementary

#5EC6E8 #E85E81 #E8C55E

monochromatic

#198DB2 #28B3E0 #5EC6E8 #94D9F0 #C9ECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#5EC6E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#5EC6E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC6E8

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC6E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC6E8	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C2EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB3E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec6e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 198, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.107 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d7ef',
    500: '#5ec6e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec6e8;
$custom-light: #98d7ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec6e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.783,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77795,
    "c": 0.10722,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC6E8

secondary

#E9C5B9

accent

#400ED7

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC6E8

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

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