#5DB8DC#5DB8DC

#5DB8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.101 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DB8DC
RGB	rgb(93, 184, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 16.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -16.86, -26.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 31.23, 237.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.0695 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.101 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5680, 41.7722, 73.9374)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DB8DC #DC815D

analogous

#5DDCC1 #5DB8DC #5D79DC

triadic

#5DB8DC #DC5DB8 #B8DC5D

tetradic

#5DB8DC #C15DDC #DC815D #79DC5D

square

#5DB8DC #C15DDC #DC815D #79DC5D

split-complementary

#5DB8DC #DC5D79 #DCC15D

monochromatic

#227A9D #2DA1CF #5DB8DC #8FCEE7 #C2E4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#5DB8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#5DB8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DB8DC

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DB8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DB8DC	1.00	2.24	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5db8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 184, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.101 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cde7',
    500: '#5db8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5db8dc;
$custom-light: #95cde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5db8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.008,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74062,
    "c": 0.10093,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DB8DC

secondary

#E2C0B3

accent

#4C19CC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DB8DC

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

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