#5EC8EF#5EC8EF

#5EC8EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.112 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC8EF
RGB	rgb(94, 200, 239)
HSL	hsl(196, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 16.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, -19.32, -28.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 34.38, 235.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.0788 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.112 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8442, 49.9161, 89.1269)
Luminance	0.4992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC8EF #EF855E

analogous

#5EEFCE #5EC8EF #5E7FEF

triadic

#5EC8EF #EF5EC8 #C8EF5E

tetradic

#5EC8EF #CE5EEF #EF855E #7FEF5E

square

#5EC8EF #CE5EEF #EF855E #7FEF5E

split-complementary

#5EC8EF #EF5E7F #EFCE5E

monochromatic

#1391C0 #26B5E9 #5EC8EF #96DBF5 #CDEEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#5EC8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#5EC8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC8EF

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC8EF	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB5EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 200, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.112 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d8f4',
    500: '#5ec8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec8ef;
$custom-light: #98d8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.138,
    "s": 81.921,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78535,
    "c": 0.11179,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC8EF

secondary

#EDC9BC

accent

#4107DE

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F3FAFD

border

#CDD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC8EF

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

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