#5ec5e7

Color #5ec5e7

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 8.26 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#5ec5e7

RGB

rgb(94, 197, 231)

HSL

hsl(194.9, 74.1%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.9, 59.3%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.3%, 14.7%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(74.87, -20.15, -25.88)

LCH

lch(74.87, 32.8, 232.1)

OKLCH

oklch(77.5%, 0.1066, 222.49)

HWB

hwb(194.9, 36.9%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e7805e

Analogous

#5ee7c5

#5ec5e7

#5e80e7

Triadic

#5ec5e7

#e75ec5

#c5e75e

Split-complementary

#5ec5e7

#e75e80

#e7c55e

Tetradic

#5ec5e7

#805ee7

#e7805e

#c5e75e

Square

#5ec5e7

#c55ee7

#e7805e

#80e75e

Shades

Color #5ec5e7 mixed toward black.

#2fb4e0

#1c95bd

#15708d

#0e4a5e

#07252f

Tints

Color #5ec5e7 mixed toward white.

#79cfeb

#94d8ef

#aee2f3

#c9ecf7

#e4f5fb

Tones

Color #5ec5e7 mixed toward gray.

#69bfdc

#75b9d0

#80b4c5

#8caeb9

#97a8ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9697df · ΔE 24.2

Deuteranopia

#9088de · ΔE 27

Tritanopia

#67d9d8 · ΔE 13.1

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5ec5e7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5ec5e7]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#5ec5e7 (#5ec5e7) is rgb(94, 197, 231) in RGB.

No, #5ec5e7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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