#5DB4CD#5DB4CD

#5DB4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.091 H 219.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DB4CD
RGB	rgb(93, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -19.18, -20.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 28.19, 227.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0708 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.091 219)
XYZ	xyz(31.8506, 39.3745, 63.6673)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DB4CD #CD765D

analogous

#5DCDAE #5DB4CD #5D7CCD

triadic

#5DB4CD #CD5DB4 #B4CD5D

tetradic

#5DB4CD #AE5DCD #CD765D #7CCD5D

square

#5DB4CD #AE5DCD #CD765D #7CCD5D

split-complementary

#5DB4CD #CD5D7C #CDAE5D

monochromatic

#297186 #3899B5 #5DB4CD #8CCADB #BBDFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#5DB4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#5DB4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DB4CD

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DB4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DB4CD	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5db4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.091 219.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cadc',
    500: '#5db4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5db4cd;
$custom-light: #93cadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5db4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.393,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72533,
    "c": 0.09103,
    "h": 219
  },
  "luminance": 0.39377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DB4CD

secondary

#D9B7AD

accent

#6C4CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DB4CD

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

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