#5DB5CE#5DB5CE

#5DB5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.092 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DB5CE
RGB	rgb(93, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(193, 54%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 55%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -19.41, -20.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 28.38, 226.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0715 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.092 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1743, 39.8282, 64.3726)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DB5CE #CE765D

analogous

#5DCEAE #5DB5CE #5D7CCE

triadic

#5DB5CE #CE5DB5 #B5CE5D

tetradic

#5DB5CE #AE5DCE #CE765D #7CCE5D

square

#5DB5CE #AE5DCE #CE765D #7CCE5D

split-complementary

#5DB5CE #CE5D7C #CEAE5D

monochromatic

#297388 #379AB7 #5DB5CE #8CCADC #BBE0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#5DB5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#5DB5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DB5CE

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DB5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DB5CE	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5db5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.092 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cbdd',
    500: '#5db5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5db5ce;
$custom-light: #94cbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5db5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.274,
    "s": 53.555,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72805,
    "c": 0.0917,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DB5CE

secondary

#DAB7AD

accent

#6B4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DB5CE

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

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