#5ed5ff

Color #5ed5ff

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 10.53 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5ed5ff

RGB

rgb(94, 213, 255)

HSL

hsl(195.7, 100%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195.7, 63.1%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.1%, 16.5%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(80.28, -21.16, -30.44)

LCH

lch(80.28, 37.07, 235.2)

OKLCH

oklch(82.1%, 0.1211, 224.53)

HWB

hwb(195.7, 36.9%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ff885e

Analogous

#5effd9

#5ed5ff

#5e84ff

Triadic

#5ed5ff

#ff5ed5

#d5ff5e

Split-complementary

#5ed5ff

#ff5e84

#ffd95e

Tetradic

#5ed5ff

#885eff

#ff885e

#d5ff5e

Square

#5ed5ff

#d95eff

#ff885e

#84ff5e

Shades

Color #5ed5ff mixed toward black.

#24c6ff

#00ace9

#0081ae

#005674

#002b3a

Tints

Color #5ed5ff mixed toward white.

#79dcff

#94e3ff

#aeeaff

#c9f1ff

#e4f8ff

Tones

Color #5ed5ff mixed toward gray.

#6bcef2

#79c8e4

#86c2d7

#94bbc9

#a1b5bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a1f6 · ΔE 25.3

Deuteranopia

#9990f3 · ΔE 28.4

Tritanopia

#68eeec · ΔE 15.4

Achromatopsia

#c7c7c7 · ΔE 21.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #5ed5ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5ed5ff]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#5ed5ff (#5ed5ff) is rgb(94, 213, 255) in RGB.

No, #5ed5ff is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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