#5EC8EE#5EC8EE

#5EC8EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.111 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC8EE
RGB	rgb(94, 200, 238)
HSL	hsl(196, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 16%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.98, -19.61, -27.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.98, 34.15, 234.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.0792 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.111 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6969, 49.8572, 88.3510)
Luminance	0.4986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC8EE #EE845E

analogous

#5EEECC #5EC8EE #5E80EE

triadic

#5EC8EE #EE5EC8 #C8EE5E

tetradic

#5EC8EE #CC5EEE #EE845E #80EE5E

square

#5EC8EE #CC5EEE #EE845E #80EE5E

split-complementary

#5EC8EE #EE5E80 #EECC5E

monochromatic

#1491BE #27B5E8 #5EC8EE #95DBF4 #CDEEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#5EC8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#5EC8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC8EE

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC8EE	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 200, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.111 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d8f3',
    500: '#5ec8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec8ee;
$custom-light: #98d8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.833,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78494,
    "c": 0.11108,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC8EE

secondary

#ECC8BB

accent

#4008DD

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F3FAFD

border

#CDD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC8EE

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

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