#5DC3E8#5DC3E8

#5DC3E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.108 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC3E8
RGB	rgb(93, 195, 232)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 15.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.30, -19.01, -27.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.30, 33.26, 235.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.0768 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.108 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5891, 47.1797, 83.4012)
Luminance	0.4718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC3E8 #E8825D

analogous

#5DE8C7 #5DC3E8 #5D7DE8

triadic

#5DC3E8 #E85DC3 #C3E85D

tetradic

#5DC3E8 #C75DE8 #E8825D #7DE85D

square

#5DC3E8 #C75DE8 #E8825D #7DE85D

split-complementary

#5DC3E8 #E85D7D #E8C75D

monochromatic

#1989B1 #27AFE0 #5DC3E8 #93D7F0 #C8EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#5DC3E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#5DC3E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC3E8

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC3E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC3E8	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBFEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc3e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 195, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.108 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d5ef',
    500: '#5dc3e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc3e8;
$custom-light: #97d5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc3e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.971,
    "s": 75.135,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77074,
    "c": 0.10807,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC3E8

secondary

#E9C5B8

accent

#440ED7

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC3E8

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

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