#5DC3E5#5DC3E5

#5DC3E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.106 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC3E5
RGB	rgb(93, 195, 229)
HSL	hsl(195, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 14.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, -19.90, -25.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 32.61, 232.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.95% -0.0779 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(76.95% 0.106 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1666, 47.0107, 81.1761)
Luminance	0.4702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC3E5 #E57F5D

analogous

#5DE5C3 #5DC3E5 #5D7FE5

triadic

#5DC3E5 #E55DC3 #C3E55D

tetradic

#5DC3E5 #C35DE5 #E57F5D #7FE55D

square

#5DC3E5 #C35DE5 #E57F5D #7FE55D

split-complementary

#5DC3E5 #E55D7F #E5C35D

monochromatic

#1C88AC #28AFDD #5DC3E5 #92D7ED #C6EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#5DC3E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#5DC3E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC3E5

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC3E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC3E5	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBFE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB0E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc3e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 195, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.106 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d5ed',
    500: '#5dc3e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc3e5;
$custom-light: #97d5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc3e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76952,
    "c": 0.10602,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC3E5

secondary

#E7C3B7

accent

#4211D4

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC3E5

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

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