#5EC9EA#5EC9EA

#5EC9EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.108 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC9EA
RGB	rgb(94, 201, 234)
HSL	hsl(194, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 14.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, -21.31, -25.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 33.30, 230.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% -0.0817 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.108 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3481, 50.0895, 85.3678)
Luminance	0.5009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC9EA #EA7F5E

analogous

#5EEAC5 #5EC9EA #5E83EA

triadic

#5EC9EA #EA5EC9 #C9EA5E

tetradic

#5EC9EA #C55EEA #EA7F5E #83EA5E

square

#5EC9EA #C55EEA #EA7F5E #83EA5E

split-complementary

#5EC9EA #EA5E83 #EAC55E

monochromatic

#1891B6 #28B7E3 #5EC9EA #94DBF1 #CAEDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#5EC9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#5EC9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC9EA

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC9EA	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B5EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 201, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.108 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d9f0',
    500: '#5ec9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec9ea;
$custom-light: #98d9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.143,
    "s": 76.923,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78561,
    "c": 0.10836,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC9EA

secondary

#B65437

accent

#3D0CD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1416

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC9EA

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

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