#5EC9EE#5EC9EE

#5EC9EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.111 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC9EE
RGB	rgb(94, 201, 238)
HSL	hsl(195, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, -20.13, -27.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 34.09, 233.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.0802 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.111 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.9292, 50.3219, 88.4285)
Luminance	0.5033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC9EE #EE835E

analogous

#5EEECB #5EC9EE #5E81EE

triadic

#5EC9EE #EE5EC9 #C9EE5E

tetradic

#5EC9EE #CB5EEE #EE835E #81EE5E

square

#5EC9EE #CB5EEE #EE835E #81EE5E

split-complementary

#5EC9EE #EE5E81 #EECB5E

monochromatic

#1492BE #27B6E8 #5EC9EE #95DCF4 #CDEEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#5EC9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#5EC9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC9EE

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC9EE	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 201, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.111 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d9f3',
    500: '#5ec9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec9ee;
$custom-light: #98d9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.417,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78722,
    "c": 0.11096,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC9EE

secondary

#BC5734

accent

#3F08DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC9EE

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

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