#5DB4DD#5DB4DD

#5DB4DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.103 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DB4DD
RGB	rgb(93, 180, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -14.45, -28.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 31.99, 243.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0648 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.103 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8816, 40.1869, 74.3639)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DB4DD #DD865D

analogous

#5DDDC6 #5DB4DD #5D74DD

triadic

#5DB4DD #DD5DB4 #B4DD5D

tetradic

#5DB4DD #C65DDD #DD865D #74DD5D

square

#5DB4DD #C65DDD #DD865D #74DD5D

split-complementary

#5DB4DD #DD5D74 #DDC65D

monochromatic

#21769E #2C9CD1 #5DB4DD #90CBE8 #C2E3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#5DB4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#5DB4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DB4DD

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DB4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DB4DD	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5db4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 180, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.103 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cae7',
    500: '#5db4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5db4dd;
$custom-light: #95cae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5db4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.219,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73189,
    "c": 0.10266,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DB4DD

secondary

#E3C2B3

accent

#5218CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DB4DD

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

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