#5DBDDD#5DBDDD

#5DBDDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.101 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DBDDD
RGB	rgb(93, 189, 221)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -19.17, -24.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 31.17, 232.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.0745 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.101 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7578, 43.9394, 74.9893)
Luminance	0.4394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DBDDD #DD7D5D

analogous

#5DDDBD #5DBDDD #5D7DDD

triadic

#5DBDDD #DD5DBD #BDDD5D

tetradic

#5DBDDD #BD5DDD #DD7D5D #7DDD5D

square

#5DBDDD #BD5DDD #DD7D5D #7DDD5D

split-complementary

#5DBDDD #DD5D7D #DDBD5D

monochromatic

#217F9E #2CA8D1 #5DBDDD #90D2E8 #C2E6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#5DBDDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#5DBDDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DBDDD

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DBDDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DBDDD	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ABDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dbddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 189, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.101 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d1e7',
    500: '#5dbddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dbddd;
$custom-light: #95d1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dbddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75251,
    "c": 0.1011,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DBDDD

secondary

#E3BFB3

accent

#4618CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DBDDD

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

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