#5DB9DF#5DB9DF

#5DB9DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.103 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DB9DF
RGB	rgb(93, 185, 223)
HSL	hsl(198, 67%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 17%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -16.49, -27.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 31.91, 238.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.0695 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.103 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1773, 42.3494, 76.1182)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DB9DF #DF835D

analogous

#5DDFC4 #5DB9DF #5D78DF

triadic

#5DB9DF #DF5DB9 #B9DF5D

tetradic

#5DB9DF #C45DDF #DF835D #78DF5D

square

#5DB9DF #C45DDF #DF835D #78DF5D

split-complementary

#5DB9DF #DF5D78 #DFC45D

monochromatic

#207CA2 #2AA3D5 #5DB9DF #90CFE9 #C3E5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#5DB9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#5DB9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DB9DF

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DB9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DB9DF	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B6E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A8DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5db9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 185, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.103 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cee9',
    500: '#5db9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5db9df;
$custom-light: #95cee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5db9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.538,
    "s": 67.01,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74416,
    "c": 0.10305,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DB9DF

secondary

#E4C2B4

accent

#4C17CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DB9DF

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

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