#5DB8CD#5DB8CD

#5DB8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.092 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DB8CD
RGB	rgb(93, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -21.24, -18.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 28.42, 221.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0752 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.092 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6698, 41.0129, 63.9404)
Luminance	0.4102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DB8CD #CD725D

analogous

#5DCDAA #5DB8CD #5D80CD

triadic

#5DB8CD #CD5DB8 #B8CD5D

tetradic

#5DB8CD #AA5DCD #CD725D #80CD5D

square

#5DB8CD #AA5DCD #CD725D #80CD5D

split-complementary

#5DB8CD #CD5D80 #CDAA5D

monochromatic

#297586 #389DB5 #5DB8CD #8CCCDB #BBE1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#5DB8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#5DB8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DB8CD

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DB8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DB8CD	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)

#A9B3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5db8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.092 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cddc',
    500: '#5db8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5db8cd;
$custom-light: #94cddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5db8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73464,
    "c": 0.0916,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DB8CD

secondary

#D9B5AD

accent

#674CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DB8CD

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

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