#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
RGB	rgb(93, 181, 233)
HSL	hsl(202, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 22.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -11.32, -33.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 35.77, 251.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.0617 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.113 237)
XYZ	xyz(35.7405, 41.2546, 83.1544)
Luminance	0.4126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##5DB5E9	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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