#5DB4E6#5DB4E6

#5DB4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.111 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DB4E6
RGB	rgb(93, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(202, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -11.71, -32.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 34.94, 250.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0617 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.111 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.1130, 40.6795, 80.8491)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DB4E6 #E68F5D

analogous

#5DE6D4 #5DB4E6 #5D6FE6

triadic

#5DB4E6 #E65DB4 #B4E65D

tetradic

#5DB4E6 #D45DE6 #E68F5D #6FE65D

square

#5DB4E6 #D45DE6 #E68F5D #6FE65D

split-complementary

#5DB4E6 #E65D6F #E6D45D

monochromatic

#1B78AE #289BDE #5DB4E6 #92CDEE #C7E5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#5DB4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#5DB4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DB4E6

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DB4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DB4E6	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB3E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA5E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5db4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.111 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96caee',
    500: '#5db4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5db4e6;
$custom-light: #96caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5db4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.898,
    "s": 73.262,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73581,
    "c": 0.11088,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DB4E6

secondary

#E8C9B7

accent

#5810D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DB4E6

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

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