#5DB8DD#5DB8DD

#5DB8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.102 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DB8DD
RGB	rgb(93, 184, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 16.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -16.57, -26.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 31.49, 238.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0691 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.102 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7008, 41.8253, 74.6370)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DB8DD #DD825D

analogous

#5DDDC2 #5DB8DD #5D78DD

triadic

#5DB8DD #DD5DB8 #B8DD5D

tetradic

#5DB8DD #C25DDD #DD825D #78DD5D

square

#5DB8DD #C25DDD #DD825D #78DD5D

split-complementary

#5DB8DD #DD5D78 #DDC25D

monochromatic

#217A9E #2CA1D1 #5DB8DD #90CEE8 #C2E4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#5DB8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#5DB8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DB8DD

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DB8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DB8DD	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5db8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 184, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.102 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cde7',
    500: '#5db8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5db8dd;
$custom-light: #95cde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5db8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.344,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74104,
    "c": 0.10169,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DB8DD

secondary

#E3C1B3

accent

#4D18CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DB8DD

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

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