#5EC8E6#5EC8E6

#5EC8E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.106 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC8E6
RGB	rgb(94, 200, 230)
HSL	hsl(193, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(193, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 13%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.70, -21.97, -24.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.70, 32.60, 227.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.17% -0.0822 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(78.17% 0.106 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5476, 49.3975, 82.2981)
Luminance	0.4940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC8E6 #E67C5E

analogous

#5EE6C0 #5EC8E6 #5E84E6

triadic

#5EC8E6 #E65EC8 #C8E65E

tetradic

#5EC8E6 #C05EE6 #E67C5E #84E65E

square

#5EC8E6 #C05EE6 #E67C5E #84E65E

split-complementary

#5EC8E6 #E65E84 #E6C05E

monochromatic

#1B8EAF #29B6DE #5EC8E6 #93DAEE #C8ECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#5EC8E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#5EC8E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC8E6

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC8E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC8E6	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C3E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B4E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec8e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 200, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.106 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d9ee',
    500: '#5ec8e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec8e6;
$custom-light: #97d9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec8e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.235,
    "s": 73.118,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78174,
    "c": 0.10597,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC8E6

secondary

#E8C2B8

accent

#3C10D5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC8E6

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

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