#5DA9CD#5DA9CD

#5DA9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.092 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DA9CD
RGB	rgb(93, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(199, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, -13.37, -25.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 28.82, 242.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% -0.0585 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.092 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7175, 35.1082, 62.9563)
Luminance	0.3511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DA9CD #CD815D

analogous

#5DCDB9 #5DA9CD #5D71CD

triadic

#5DA9CD #CD5DA9 #A9CD5D

tetradic

#5DA9CD #B95DCD #CD815D #71CD5D

square

#5DA9CD #B95DCD #CD815D #71CD5D

split-complementary

#5DA9CD #CD5D71 #CDB95D

monochromatic

#296886 #388DB5 #5DA9CD #8CC2DB #BBDBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#5DA9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#5DA9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DA9CD

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DA9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DA9CD	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879BCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5da9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.092 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c2dc',
    500: '#5da9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5da9cd;
$custom-light: #93c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5da9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.286,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6999,
    "c": 0.09201,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DA9CD

secondary

#D9BBAD

accent

#7A4CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DA9CD

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

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