#5EC6ED#5EC6ED

#5EC6ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.111 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC6ED
RGB	rgb(94, 198, 237)
HSL	hsl(196, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, -18.88, -28.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 34.06, 236.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.0775 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.111 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.0902, 48.8783, 87.4260)
Luminance	0.4888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC6ED #ED855E

analogous

#5EEDCD #5EC6ED #5E7EED

triadic

#5EC6ED #ED5EC6 #C6ED5E

tetradic

#5EC6ED #CD5EED #ED855E #7EED5E

square

#5EC6ED #CD5EED #ED855E #7EED5E

split-complementary

#5EC6ED #ED5E7E #EDCD5E

monochromatic

#158EBC #27B3E7 #5EC6ED #95D9F3 #CCEDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#5EC6ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#5EC6ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC6ED

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC6ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC6ED	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec6ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 198, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.111 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d7f3',
    500: '#5ec6ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec6ed;
$custom-light: #98d7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec6ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77998,
    "c": 0.11066,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC6ED

secondary

#ECC8BB

accent

#4309DC

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F3FAFD

border

#CDD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC6ED

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

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