#5DB5E4#5DB5E4

#5DB5E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.109 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DB5E4
RGB	rgb(93, 181, 228)
HSL	hsl(201, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 20.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -12.86, -31.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 34.03, 247.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0635 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.109 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0363, 40.9730, 79.4459)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DB5E4 #E48C5D

analogous

#5DE4D0 #5DB5E4 #5D71E4

triadic

#5DB5E4 #E45DB5 #B5E45D

tetradic

#5DB5E4 #D05DE4 #E48C5D #71E45D

square

#5DB5E4 #D05DE4 #E48C5D #71E45D

split-complementary

#5DB5E4 #E45D71 #E4D05D

monochromatic

#1C79AA #299DDB #5DB5E4 #91CDED #C6E5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#5DB5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#5DB5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DB5E4

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DB5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DB5E4	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB3E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA5E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5db5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 181, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.109 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cbec',
    500: '#5db5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5db5e4;
$custom-light: #96cbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5db5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.889,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73719,
    "c": 0.10855,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DB5E4

secondary

#E7C7B6

accent

#5512D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DB5E4

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

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