#5EC9ED#5EC9ED

#5EC9ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.110 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC9ED
RGB	rgb(94, 201, 237)
HSL	hsl(195, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 15.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, -20.42, -27.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 33.88, 232.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.0806 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.11 223)
XYZ	xyz(40.7827, 50.2633, 87.6569)
Luminance	0.5027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC9ED #ED825E

analogous

#5EEDCA #5EC9ED #5E82ED

triadic

#5EC9ED #ED5EC9 #C9ED5E

tetradic

#5EC9ED #CA5EED #ED825E #82ED5E

square

#5EC9ED #CA5EED #ED825E #82ED5E

split-complementary

#5EC9ED #ED5E82 #EDCA5E

monochromatic

#1592BC #27B7E7 #5EC9ED #95DBF3 #CCEEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#5EC9ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#5EC9ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC9ED

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC9ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC9ED	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B5ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec9ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 201, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.110 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d9f3',
    500: '#5ec9ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec9ed;
$custom-light: #98d9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec9ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.105,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78682,
    "c": 0.11029,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.50267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC9ED

secondary

#BA5635

accent

#3E09DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC9ED

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

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