#5EC6EC#5EC6EC

#5EC6EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.110 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC6EC
RGB	rgb(94, 198, 236)
HSL	hsl(196, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 16.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.34, -19.18, -27.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.34, 33.83, 235.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0778 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.11 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9445, 48.8200, 86.6587)
Luminance	0.4882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC6EC #EC845E

analogous

#5EECCB #5EC6EC #5E7FEC

triadic

#5EC6EC #EC5EC6 #C6EC5E

tetradic

#5EC6EC #CB5EEC #EC845E #7FEC5E

square

#5EC6EC #CB5EEC #EC845E #7FEC5E

split-complementary

#5EC6EC #EC5E7F #ECCB5E

monochromatic

#168EBA #27B3E6 #5EC6EC #95D9F2 #CBEDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#5EC6EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#5EC6EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC6EC

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC6EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC6EC	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec6ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 198, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.110 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d7f2',
    500: '#5ec6ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec6ec;
$custom-light: #98d7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec6ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.056,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77957,
    "c": 0.10994,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC6EC

secondary

#EBC8BB

accent

#420ADB

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F3FAFD

border

#CDD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC6EC

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

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