#5DC3E9#5DC3E9

#5DC3E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.109 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC3E9
RGB	rgb(93, 195, 233)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 16.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.34, -18.71, -27.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.34, 33.49, 236.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.0764 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.109 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7315, 47.2367, 84.1514)
Luminance	0.4724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC3E9 #E9835D

analogous

#5DE9C9 #5DC3E9 #5D7DE9

triadic

#5DC3E9 #E95DC3 #C3E95D

tetradic

#5DC3E9 #C95DE9 #E9835D #7DE95D

square

#5DC3E9 #C95DE9 #E9835D #7DE95D

split-complementary

#5DC3E9 #E95D7D #E9C95D

monochromatic

#1889B3 #27AFE2 #5DC3E9 #93D7F0 #C9EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#5DC3E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#5DC3E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC3E9

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC3E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC3E9	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBFEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB0E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc3e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 195, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.109 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d5f0',
    500: '#5dc3e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc3e9;
$custom-light: #97d5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc3e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.286,
    "s": 76.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77115,
    "c": 0.10879,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC3E9

secondary

#E9C6B8

accent

#440DD8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC3E9

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

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