#5DB9DE#5DB9DE

#5DB9DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.102 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DB9DE
RGB	rgb(93, 185, 222)
HSL	hsl(197, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 16.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -16.79, -26.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 31.65, 237.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0698 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.102 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0429, 42.2957, 75.4102)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DB9DE #DE825D

analogous

#5DDEC2 #5DB9DE #5D79DE

triadic

#5DB9DE #DE5DB9 #B9DE5D

tetradic

#5DB9DE #C25DDE #DE825D #79DE5D

square

#5DB9DE #C25DDE #DE825D #79DE5D

split-complementary

#5DB9DE #DE5D79 #DEC25D

monochromatic

#217BA0 #2BA3D3 #5DB9DE #90CFE8 #C3E5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#5DB9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#5DB9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DB9DE

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DB9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DB9DE	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A8DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5db9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 185, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.102 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cee8',
    500: '#5db9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5db9de;
$custom-light: #95cee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5db9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.209,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74374,
    "c": 0.10228,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DB9DE

secondary

#E3C1B4

accent

#4C17CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DB9DE

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

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