#5D8DBD#5D8DBD

#5D8DBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.090 H 249.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D8DBD
RGB	rgb(93, 141, 189)
HSL	hsl(210, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 25.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.12, -2.61, -30.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.12, 30.11, 265.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.0315 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.09 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.2212, 25.0493, 51.7456)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D8DBD #BD8D5D

analogous

#5DBDBD #5D8DBD #5D5DBD

triadic

#5D8DBD #BD5D8D #8DBD5D

tetradic

#5D8DBD #BD5DBD #BD8D5D #5DBD5D

square

#5D8DBD #BD5DBD #BD8D5D #5DBD5D

split-complementary

#5D8DBD #BD5D5D #BDBD5D

monochromatic

#2E5071 #406E9D #5D8DBD #88ACCF #B4CAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#5D8DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#5D8DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5D8DBD

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D8DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5D8DBD	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798EBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D85BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d8dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 141, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.090 249.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90aed1',
    500: '#5d8dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d8dbd;
$custom-light: #90aed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d8dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62888,
    "c": 0.08961,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D8DBD

secondary

#CFBBA7

accent

#9456D2

background

#F9FAFC

surface

#F1F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0D1014

muted

#7E7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D8DBD

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

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