#5DB5EE#5DB5EE

#5DB5EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.118 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DB5EE
RGB	rgb(93, 181, 238)
HSL	hsl(204, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 23.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, -9.77, -36.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 37.62, 254.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0601 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.118 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4649, 41.5444, 86.9695)
Luminance	0.4155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DB5EE #EE965D

analogous

#5DEEDE #5DB5EE #5D6DEE

triadic

#5DB5EE #EE5DB5 #B5EE5D

tetradic

#5DB5EE #DE5DEE #EE965D #6DEE5D

square

#5DB5EE #DE5DEE #EE965D #6DEE5D

split-complementary

#5DB5EE #EE5D6D #EEDE5D

monochromatic

#147ABD #269CE8 #5DB5EE #94CEF4 #CCE8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#5DB5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#5DB5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DB5EE

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DB5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DB5EE	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5db5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 181, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.118 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97cbf3',
    500: '#5db5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5db5ee;
$custom-light: #97cbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5db5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.586,
    "s": 81.006,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74167,
    "c": 0.11834,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DB5EE

secondary

#ECCEBB

accent

#5C08DD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DB5EE

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

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