#5DB5DC#5DB5DC

#5DB5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.102 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DB5DC
RGB	rgb(93, 181, 220)
HSL	hsl(198, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 17.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -15.28, -27.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 31.56, 241.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.0663 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.102 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9514, 40.5390, 73.7319)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DB5DC #DC845D

analogous

#5DDCC4 #5DB5DC #5D76DC

triadic

#5DB5DC #DC5DB5 #B5DC5D

tetradic

#5DB5DC #C45DDC #DC845D #76DC5D

square

#5DB5DC #C45DDC #DC845D #76DC5D

split-complementary

#5DB5DC #DC5D76 #DCC45D

monochromatic

#22779D #2D9DCF #5DB5DC #8FCCE7 #C2E3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#5DB5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#5DB5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DB5DC

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DB5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DB5DC	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5db5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 181, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.102 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cbe7',
    500: '#5db5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5db5dc;
$custom-light: #95cbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5db5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.425,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73375,
    "c": 0.10155,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DB5DC

secondary

#E2C1B3

accent

#5019CC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DB5DC

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

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