#5DB3CD#5DB3CD

#5DB3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.091 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DB3CD
RGB	rgb(93, 179, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 12.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -18.66, -21.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 28.16, 228.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0697 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.091 220)
XYZ	xyz(31.6495, 38.9723, 63.6003)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DB3CD #CD775D

analogous

#5DCDAF #5DB3CD #5D7BCD

triadic

#5DB3CD #CD5DB3 #B3CD5D

tetradic

#5DB3CD #AF5DCD #CD775D #7BCD5D

square

#5DB3CD #AF5DCD #CD775D #7BCD5D

split-complementary

#5DB3CD #CD5D7B #CDAF5D

monochromatic

#297186 #3898B5 #5DB3CD #8CC9DB #BBDFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#5DB3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#5DB3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DB3CD

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DB3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DB3CD	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5db3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 179, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.091 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c9dc',
    500: '#5db3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5db3cd;
$custom-light: #93c9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5db3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.929,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72301,
    "c": 0.09097,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.38975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DB3CD

secondary

#D9B7AD

accent

#6D4CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DB3CD

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

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