#5DB5E9#5DB5E9

#5DB5E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.113 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5DB5E9
RGBrgb(93, 181, 233)
HSLhsl(202, 76%, 64%)
HSVhsv(202, 60%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(60.1%, 22.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(70.35, -11.32, -33.93)
CIE-LCHlch(70.35, 35.77, 251.54°)
OKLaboklab(73.94% -0.0617 -0.095)
OKLCHoklch(73.94% 0.113 237)
XYZxyz(35.7405, 41.2546, 83.1544)
Luminance0.4126 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5DB5E9 #E9915D
analogous
#5DE9D7 #5DB5E9 #5D6FE9
triadic
#5DB5E9 #E95DB5 #B5E95D
tetradic
#5DB5E9 #D75DE9 #E9915D #6FE95D
square
#5DB5E9 #D75DE9 #E9915D #6FE95D
split-complementary
#5DB5E9 #E95D6F #E9D75D
monochromatic
#187AB3 #279CE2 #5DB5E9 #93CEF0 #C9E6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27
#5DB5E9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25
#5DB5E9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DB5E9
9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5DB5E9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5DB5E91.002.279.259.25
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2521.001.001.00
##0000009.2521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9DB4EB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#89A6E8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5db5e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 181, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.113 237.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cbf0',
    500: '#5db5e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5db5e9;
$custom-light: #96cbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5db5e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.286,
    "s": 76.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7394,
    "c": 0.11332,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.41258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5DB5E9
secondary
#E9CBB8
accent
#590DD8
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DB5E9

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#5DB5E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva