#5ED5EE#5ED5EE

#5ED5EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.111 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5ED5EE
RGB	rgb(94, 213, 238)
HSL	hsl(190, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(190, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 10.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.69, -26.15, -22.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.69, 34.36, 220.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.0926 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.111 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.8367, 56.1367, 89.3976)
Luminance	0.5614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5ED5EE #EE775E

analogous

#5EEEBF #5ED5EE #5E8DEE

triadic

#5ED5EE #EE5ED5 #D5EE5E

tetradic

#5ED5EE #BF5EEE #EE775E #8DEE5E

square

#5ED5EE #BF5EEE #EE775E #8DEE5E

split-complementary

#5ED5EE #EE5E8D #EEBF5E

monochromatic

#14A0BE #27C7E8 #5ED5EE #95E3F4 #CDF2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#5ED5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#5ED5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5ED5EE

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5ED5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5ED5EE	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBFEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ed5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 213, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.111 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99e2f3',
    500: '#5ed5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ed5ee;
$custom-light: #99e2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ed5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.417,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81466,
    "c": 0.11139,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5ED5EE

secondary

#BC4C34

accent

#2D08DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5ED5EE

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

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