#5DB9DC#5DB9DC

#5DB9DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.101 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DB9DC
RGB	rgb(93, 185, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 15.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -17.39, -25.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 31.15, 236.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.0706 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.101 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7764, 42.1891, 74.0069)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DB9DC #DC805D

analogous

#5DDCBF #5DB9DC #5D7ADC

triadic

#5DB9DC #DC5DB9 #B9DC5D

tetradic

#5DB9DC #BF5DDC #DC805D #7ADC5D

square

#5DB9DC #BF5DDC #DC805D #7ADC5D

split-complementary

#5DB9DC #DC5D7A #DCBF5D

monochromatic

#227B9D #2DA2CF #5DB9DC #8FCFE7 #C2E4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#5DB9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#5DB9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DB9DC

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DB9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DB9DC	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5db9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 185, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.101 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cee7',
    500: '#5db9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5db9dc;
$custom-light: #95cee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5db9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.535,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74292,
    "c": 0.10078,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DB9DC

secondary

#E2C0B3

accent

#4B19CC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DB9DC

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

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