#5EC9EF#5EC9EF

#5EC9EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.112 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC9EF
RGB	rgb(94, 201, 239)
HSL	hsl(196, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 15.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.30, -19.83, -28.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.30, 34.31, 234.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% -0.0799 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.112 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0766, 50.3808, 89.2043)
Luminance	0.5039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC9EF #EF845E

analogous

#5EEFCC #5EC9EF #5E80EF

triadic

#5EC9EF #EF5EC9 #C9EF5E

tetradic

#5EC9EF #CC5EEF #EF845E #80EF5E

square

#5EC9EF #CC5EEF #EF845E #80EF5E

split-complementary

#5EC9EF #EF5E80 #EFCC5E

monochromatic

#1392C0 #26B6E9 #5EC9EF #96DCF5 #CDEEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#5EC9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#5EC9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC9EF

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC9EF	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB6EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 201, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.112 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d9f4',
    500: '#5ec9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec9ef;
$custom-light: #98d9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.724,
    "s": 81.921,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78763,
    "c": 0.11165,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC9EF

secondary

#BE5833

accent

#4007DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC9EF

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

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