#5DC3E4#5DC3E4

#5DC3E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.105 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC3E4
RGB	rgb(93, 195, 228)
HSL	hsl(195, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 14.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, -20.19, -25.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 32.41, 231.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.0783 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.105 222)
XYZ	xyz(38.0274, 46.9551, 80.4429)
Luminance	0.4696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC3E4 #E47E5D

analogous

#5DE4C2 #5DC3E4 #5D7FE4

triadic

#5DC3E4 #E45DC3 #C3E45D

tetradic

#5DC3E4 #C25DE4 #E47E5D #7FE45D

square

#5DC3E4 #C25DE4 #E47E5D #7FE45D

split-complementary

#5DC3E4 #E45D7F #E4C25D

monochromatic

#1C88AA #29B0DB #5DC3E4 #91D6ED #C6EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#5DC3E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#5DC3E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC3E4

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC3E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC3E4	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BFE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB0E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc3e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 195, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.105 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d5ec',
    500: '#5dc3e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc3e4;
$custom-light: #97d5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc3e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.667,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76911,
    "c": 0.10536,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.46959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC3E4

secondary

#E7C2B6

accent

#4112D3

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC3E4

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

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