#5DB3CE#5DB3CE

#5DB3CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.092 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DB3CE
RGB	rgb(93, 179, 206)
HSL	hsl(194, 54%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 55%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 13.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -18.37, -21.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 28.35, 229.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0693 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.092 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7706, 39.0207, 64.2380)
Luminance	0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DB3CE #CE785D

analogous

#5DCEB0 #5DB3CE #5D7ACE

triadic

#5DB3CE #CE5DB3 #B3CE5D

tetradic

#5DB3CE #B05DCE #CE785D #7ACE5D

square

#5DB3CE #B05DCE #CE785D #7ACE5D

split-complementary

#5DB3CE #CE5D7A #CEB05D

monochromatic

#297188 #3798B7 #5DB3CE #8CC9DC #BBDFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#5DB3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#5DB3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DB3CE

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DB3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DB3CE	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5db3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 179, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.092 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c9dd',
    500: '#5db3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5db3ce;
$custom-light: #94c9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5db3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.336,
    "s": 53.555,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72341,
    "c": 0.09158,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DB3CE

secondary

#DAB8AD

accent

#6E4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DB3CE

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

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