#5DC4E5#5DC4E5

#5DC4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.106 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC4E5
RGB	rgb(93, 196, 229)
HSL	hsl(195, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 14.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.48, -20.41, -25.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.48, 32.59, 231.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.079 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.106 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3914, 47.4604, 81.2511)
Luminance	0.4746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC4E5 #E57E5D

analogous

#5DE5C2 #5DC4E5 #5D80E5

triadic

#5DC4E5 #E55DC4 #C4E55D

tetradic

#5DC4E5 #C25DE5 #E57E5D #80E55D

square

#5DC4E5 #C25DE5 #E57E5D #80E55D

split-complementary

#5DC4E5 #E55D80 #E5C25D

monochromatic

#1C89AC #28B1DD #5DC4E5 #92D7ED #C6EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#5DC4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#5DC4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC4E5

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC4E5	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB1E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 196, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.106 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d6ed',
    500: '#5dc4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc4e5;
$custom-light: #97d6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.559,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77181,
    "c": 0.10596,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC4E5

secondary

#E7C2B7

accent

#4011D4

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC4E5

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

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