#5DB9CD#5DB9CD

#5DB9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.092 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DB9CD
RGB	rgb(93, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -21.75, -18.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 28.52, 220.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0763 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.092 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8783, 41.4298, 64.0099)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DB9CD #CD715D

analogous

#5DCDA9 #5DB9CD #5D81CD

triadic

#5DB9CD #CD5DB9 #B9CD5D

tetradic

#5DB9CD #A95DCD #CD715D #81CD5D

square

#5DB9CD #A95DCD #CD715D #81CD5D

split-complementary

#5DB9CD #CD5D81 #CDA95D

monochromatic

#297686 #389FB5 #5DB9CD #8CCDDB #BBE1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#5DB9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#5DB9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DB9CD

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DB9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DB9CD	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5db9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.092 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cedc',
    500: '#5db9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5db9cd;
$custom-light: #94cedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5db9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.714,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73698,
    "c": 0.09183,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DB9CD

secondary

#D9B5AD

accent

#654CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DB9CD

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

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