#5DB9DB#5DB9DB

#5DB9DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.100 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DB9DB
RGB	rgb(93, 185, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -17.68, -25.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 30.91, 235.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.071 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.1 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6444, 42.1363, 73.3115)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DB9DB #DB7F5D

analogous

#5DDBBE #5DB9DB #5D7ADB

triadic

#5DB9DB #DB5DB9 #B9DB5D

tetradic

#5DB9DB #BE5DDB #DB7F5D #7ADB5D

square

#5DB9DB #BE5DDB #DB7F5D #7ADB5D

split-complementary

#5DB9DB #DB5D7A #DBBE5D

monochromatic

#227B9B #2EA2CD #5DB9DB #8FCFE6 #C1E4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#5DB9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#5DB9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DB9DB

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DB9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DB9DB	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B5DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5db9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 185, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.100 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cee6',
    500: '#5db9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5db9db;
$custom-light: #95cee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5db9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.19,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74251,
    "c": 0.10006,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DB9DB

secondary

#E2BFB2

accent

#4A1ACB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DB9DB

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

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