#5DB2CD#5DB2CD

#5DB2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.091 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DB2CD
RGB	rgb(93, 178, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 13.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -18.14, -21.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 28.16, 229.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.0685 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.091 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4498, 38.5729, 63.5337)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DB2CD #CD785D

analogous

#5DCDB0 #5DB2CD #5D7ACD

triadic

#5DB2CD #CD5DB2 #B2CD5D

tetradic

#5DB2CD #B05DCD #CD785D #7ACD5D

square

#5DB2CD #B05DCD #CD785D #7ACD5D

split-complementary

#5DB2CD #CD5D7A #CDB05D

monochromatic

#297086 #3897B5 #5DB2CD #8CC8DB #BBDEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#5DB2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#5DB2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DB2CD

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DB2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DB2CD	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5db2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 178, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.091 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c9dc',
    500: '#5db2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5db2cd;
$custom-light: #93c9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5db2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.464,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72069,
    "c": 0.09093,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DB2CD

secondary

#D9B7AD

accent

#6E4CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DB2CD

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

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