#5EC6EF#5EC6EF

#5EC6EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.112 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC6EF
RGB	rgb(94, 198, 239)
HSL	hsl(197, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 17.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -18.29, -29.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 34.55, 238.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.08% -0.0768 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(78.08% 0.112 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.3841, 48.9958, 88.9735)
Luminance	0.4900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC6EF #EF875E

analogous

#5EEFD0 #5EC6EF #5E7DEF

triadic

#5EC6EF #EF5EC6 #C6EF5E

tetradic

#5EC6EF #D05EEF #EF875E #7DEF5E

square

#5EC6EF #D05EEF #EF875E #7DEF5E

split-complementary

#5EC6EF #EF5E7D #EFD05E

monochromatic

#138FC0 #26B2E9 #5EC6EF #96DAF5 #CDEDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#5EC6EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#5EC6EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC6EF

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC6EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC6EF	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C2F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB3EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec6ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 198, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.112 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d7f4',
    500: '#5ec6ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec6ef;
$custom-light: #98d7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec6ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.966,
    "s": 81.921,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78081,
    "c": 0.11214,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC6EF

secondary

#EDCABC

accent

#4407DE

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F3FAFD

border

#CDD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC6EF

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

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