#5EC9DF#5EC9DF

#5EC9DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.103 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC9DF
RGB	rgb(94, 201, 223)
HSL	hsl(190, 67%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(190, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 9.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, -24.50, -20.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 31.77, 219.55°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.0859 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.103 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8166, 49.4769, 77.3021)
Luminance	0.4948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC9DF #DF745E

analogous

#5EDFB5 #5EC9DF #5E88DF

triadic

#5EC9DF #DF5EC9 #C9DF5E

tetradic

#5EC9DF #B55EDF #DF745E #88DF5E

square

#5EC9DF #B55EDF #DF745E #88DF5E

split-complementary

#5EC9DF #DF5E88 #DFB55E

monochromatic

#208CA2 #2BB8D5 #5EC9DF #91DAE9 #C4EBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#5EC9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#5EC9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC9DF

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC9DF	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B4DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 201, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.103 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d9e9',
    500: '#5ec9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec9df;
$custom-light: #97d9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.233,
    "s": 66.839,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78134,
    "c": 0.1026,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC9DF

secondary

#E4BDB5

accent

#3617CF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC9DF

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

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