#5D8DAD#5D8DAD

#5D8DAD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.071 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D8DAD
RGB	rgb(93, 141, 173)
HSL	hsl(204, 33%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(204, 46%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 18.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.48, -7.38, -21.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.48, 23.09, 251.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% -0.037 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.071 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.5793, 24.3925, 43.0982)
Luminance	0.2439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D8DAD #AD7D5D

analogous

#5DADA5 #5D8DAD #5D65AD

triadic

#5D8DAD #AD5D8D #8DAD5D

tetradic

#5D8DAD #A55DAD #AD7D5D #65AD5D

square

#5D8DAD #A55DAD #AD7D5D #65AD5D

split-complementary

#5D8DAD #AD5D65 #ADA55D

monochromatic

#304D5F #456D88 #5D8DAD #86AAC2 #AEC6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#5D8DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#5D8DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5D8DAD

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D8DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5D8DAD	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8CAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7484AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A9597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d8dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 141, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.071 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8faec5',
    500: '#5d8dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d8dad;
$custom-light: #8faec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d8dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 32.787,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62166,
    "c": 0.07109,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D8DAD

secondary

#C4AFA1

accent

#895FC9

background

#F9FAFC

surface

#F1F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0D1013

muted

#7E7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D8DAD

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

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