#5DB9EC#5DB9EC

#5DB9EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.114 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DB9EC
RGB	rgb(93, 185, 236)
HSL	hsl(201, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 21.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, -12.54, -33.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 35.88, 249.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0649 -0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.114 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9977, 43.0776, 85.7056)
Luminance	0.4308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DB9EC #EC905D

analogous

#5DECD8 #5DB9EC #5D71EC

triadic

#5DB9EC #EC5DB9 #B9EC5D

tetradic

#5DB9EC #D85DEC #EC905D #71EC5D

square

#5DB9EC #D85DEC #EC905D #71EC5D

split-complementary

#5DB9EC #EC5D71 #ECD85D

monochromatic

#167FB9 #26A1E6 #5DB9EC #94D1F2 #CBE8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#5DB9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#5DB9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DB9EC

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DB9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DB9EC	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5db9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 185, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.114 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97cef2',
    500: '#5db9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5db9ec;
$custom-light: #97cef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5db9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.399,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74975,
    "c": 0.11434,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DB9EC

secondary

#EBCBBA

accent

#550ADB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DB9EC

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

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