#5EC8ED#5EC8ED

#5EC8ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.110 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC8ED
RGB	rgb(94, 200, 237)
HSL	hsl(196, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 15.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, -19.91, -27.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 33.93, 234.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.0796 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.11 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.5504, 49.7986, 87.5794)
Luminance	0.4980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC8ED #ED835E

analogous

#5EEDCA #5EC8ED #5E81ED

triadic

#5EC8ED #ED5EC8 #C8ED5E

tetradic

#5EC8ED #CA5EED #ED835E #81ED5E

square

#5EC8ED #CA5EED #ED835E #81ED5E

split-complementary

#5EC8ED #ED5E81 #EDCA5E

monochromatic

#1591BC #27B5E7 #5EC8ED #95DBF3 #CCEEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#5EC8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#5EC8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC8ED

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC8ED	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C4EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB5ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 200, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.110 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d8f3',
    500: '#5ec8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec8ed;
$custom-light: #98d8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.524,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78454,
    "c": 0.11039,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC8ED

secondary

#ECC8BB

accent

#4009DC

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F3FAFD

border

#CDD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC8ED

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

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