#5EC9F0#5EC9F0

#5EC9F0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.112 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC9F0
RGB	rgb(94, 201, 240)
HSL	hsl(196, 83%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 16.3%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.34, -19.53, -28.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.34, 34.54, 235.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% -0.0795 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.112 225)
XYZ	xyz(41.2247, 50.4401, 89.9845)
Luminance	0.5044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC9F0 #F0855E

analogous

#5EF0CE #5EC9F0 #5E80F0

triadic

#5EC9F0 #F05EC9 #C9F05E

tetradic

#5EC9F0 #CE5EF0 #F0855E #80F05E

square

#5EC9F0 #CE5EF0 #F0855E #80F05E

split-complementary

#5EC9F0 #F05E80 #F0CE5E

monochromatic

#1293C2 #26B6EB #5EC9F0 #96DCF5 #CEEFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#5EC9F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#5EC9F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC9F0

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC9F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC9F0	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C5F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB6F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec9f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 201, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.112 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99d9f5',
    500: '#5ec9f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec9f0;
$custom-light: #99d9f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec9f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.027,
    "s": 82.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78804,
    "c": 0.11235,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.50444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC9F0

secondary

#BF5833

accent

#4006DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC9F0

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

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