#5DC4E9#5DC4E9

#5DC4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.109 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC4E9
RGB	rgb(93, 196, 233)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, -19.23, -27.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 33.42, 234.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% -0.0775 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.109 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.9563, 47.6863, 84.2264)
Luminance	0.4769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC4E9 #E9825D

analogous

#5DE9C8 #5DC4E9 #5D7EE9

triadic

#5DC4E9 #E95DC4 #C4E95D

tetradic

#5DC4E9 #C85DE9 #E9825D #7EE95D

square

#5DC4E9 #C85DE9 #E9825D #7EE95D

split-complementary

#5DC4E9 #E95D7E #E9C85D

monochromatic

#188AB3 #27B0E2 #5DC4E9 #93D8F0 #C9EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#5DC4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#5DC4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC4E9

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC4E9	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 196, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.109 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d6f0',
    500: '#5dc4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc4e9;
$custom-light: #97d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.857,
    "s": 76.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77343,
    "c": 0.10864,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC4E9

secondary

#E9C5B8

accent

#430DD8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC4E9

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

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