#5DB5DD#5DB5DD

#5DB5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.102 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DB5DD
RGB	rgb(93, 181, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 18.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -14.98, -28.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 31.84, 241.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.0659 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.102 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0842, 40.5921, 74.4314)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DB5DD #DD855D

analogous

#5DDDC5 #5DB5DD #5D75DD

triadic

#5DB5DD #DD5DB5 #B5DD5D

tetradic

#5DB5DD #C55DDD #DD855D #75DD5D

square

#5DB5DD #C55DDD #DD855D #75DD5D

split-complementary

#5DB5DD #DD5D75 #DDC55D

monochromatic

#21779E #2C9DD1 #5DB5DD #90CCE8 #C2E3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#5DB5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#5DB5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DB5DD

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DB5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DB5DD	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5db5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 181, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.102 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cbe7',
    500: '#5db5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5db5dd;
$custom-light: #95cbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5db5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73417,
    "c": 0.10238,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DB5DD

secondary

#E3C2B3

accent

#5118CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DB5DD

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

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