#5EC6EE#5EC6EE

#5EC6EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.111 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC6EE
RGB	rgb(94, 198, 238)
HSL	hsl(197, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 16.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -18.59, -28.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 34.30, 237.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.0771 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.111 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2367, 48.9369, 88.1976)
Luminance	0.4894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC6EE #EE865E

analogous

#5EEECE #5EC6EE #5E7EEE

triadic

#5EC6EE #EE5EC6 #C6EE5E

tetradic

#5EC6EE #CE5EEE #EE865E #7EEE5E

square

#5EC6EE #CE5EEE #EE865E #7EEE5E

split-complementary

#5EC6EE #EE5E7E #EECE5E

monochromatic

#148EBE #27B2E8 #5EC6EE #95DAF4 #CDEDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#5EC6EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#5EC6EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC6EE

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC6EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC6EE	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB3EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec6ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 198, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.111 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d7f3',
    500: '#5ec6ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec6ee;
$custom-light: #98d7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec6ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7804,
    "c": 0.11139,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC6EE

secondary

#ECC9BB

accent

#4308DD

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F3FAFD

border

#CDD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC6EE

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

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