#5DC3EE#5DC3EE

#5DC3EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.113 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC3EE
RGB	rgb(93, 195, 238)
HSL	hsl(198, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 18.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -17.21, -30.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 34.75, 240.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% -0.0746 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.113 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4559, 47.5265, 87.9665)
Luminance	0.4753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC3EE #EE885D

analogous

#5DEED1 #5DC3EE #5D7BEE

triadic

#5DC3EE #EE5DC3 #C3EE5D

tetradic

#5DC3EE #D15DEE #EE885D #7BEE5D

square

#5DC3EE #D15DEE #EE885D #7BEE5D

split-complementary

#5DC3EE #EE5D7B #EED15D

monochromatic

#148BBD #26AEE8 #5DC3EE #94D8F4 #CCECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#5DC3EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#5DC3EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC3EE

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC3EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC3EE	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B1ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc3ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 195, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.113 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d5f3',
    500: '#5dc3ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc3ee;
$custom-light: #98d5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc3ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.793,
    "s": 81.006,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77323,
    "c": 0.11259,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC3EE

secondary

#ECC9BB

accent

#4708DD

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F3FAFD

border

#CDD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC3EE

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

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