#5DC4DD#5DC4DD

#5DC4DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.101 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC4DD
RGB	rgb(93, 196, 221)
HSL	hsl(192, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(192, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 11.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, -22.75, -21.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 31.30, 223.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% -0.082 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.101 216)
XYZ	xyz(37.3001, 47.0238, 75.5034)
Luminance	0.4703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC4DD #DD765D

analogous

#5DDDB6 #5DC4DD #5D84DD

triadic

#5DC4DD #DD5DC4 #C4DD5D

tetradic

#5DC4DD #B65DDD #DD765D #84DD5D

square

#5DC4DD #B65DDD #DD765D #84DD5D

split-complementary

#5DC4DD #DD5D84 #DDB65D

monochromatic

#21869E #2CB1D1 #5DC4DD #90D6E8 #C2E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#5DC4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#5DC4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC4DD

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC4DD	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 196, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.101 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d6e7',
    500: '#5dc4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc4dd;
$custom-light: #96d6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.719,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76866,
    "c": 0.10139,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.47027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC4DD

secondary

#E3BCB3

accent

#3C18CD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC4DD

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

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