#5DC3DD#5DC3DD

#5DC3DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.101 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC3DD
RGB	rgb(93, 195, 221)
HSL	hsl(192, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(192, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 11.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, -22.24, -21.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 31.24, 224.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.0809 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.101 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0752, 46.5742, 75.4285)
Luminance	0.4658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC3DD #DD775D

analogous

#5DDDB7 #5DC3DD #5D83DD

triadic

#5DC3DD #DD5DC3 #C3DD5D

tetradic

#5DC3DD #B75DDD #DD775D #83DD5D

square

#5DC3DD #B75DDD #DD775D #83DD5D

split-complementary

#5DC3DD #DD5D83 #DDB75D

monochromatic

#21859E #2CAFD1 #5DC3DD #90D6E8 #C2E8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#5DC3DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#5DC3DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC3DD

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC3DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC3DD	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 195, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.101 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d5e7',
    500: '#5dc3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc3dd;
$custom-light: #96d5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.188,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76635,
    "c": 0.10127,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC3DD

secondary

#E3BDB3

accent

#3D18CD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC3DD

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

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