#5EC9EB#5EC9EB

#5EC9EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.109 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC9EB
RGB	rgb(94, 201, 235)
HSL	hsl(194, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 14.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, -21.01, -26.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 33.48, 231.13°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.0813 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.109 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4922, 50.1471, 86.1266)
Luminance	0.5015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC9EB #EB805E

analogous

#5EEBC7 #5EC9EB #5E83EB

triadic

#5EC9EB #EB5EC9 #C9EB5E

tetradic

#5EC9EB #C75EEB #EB805E #83EB5E

square

#5EC9EB #C75EEB #EB805E #83EB5E

split-complementary

#5EC9EB #EB5E83 #EBC75E

monochromatic

#1791B8 #28B7E4 #5EC9EB #94DBF2 #CBEEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#5EC9EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#5EC9EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC9EB

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC9EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC9EB	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C4ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B5EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec9eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 201, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.109 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d9f1',
    500: '#5ec9eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec9eb;
$custom-light: #98d9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec9eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.468,
    "s": 77.901,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78601,
    "c": 0.10899,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC9EB

secondary

#B75536

accent

#3D0BDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1416

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC9EB

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

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