#5DC4EB#5DC4EB

#5DC4EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.110 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC4EB
RGB	rgb(93, 196, 235)
HSL	hsl(196, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 16.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -18.63, -28.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 33.89, 236.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% -0.0767 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.11 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.2436, 47.8013, 85.7396)
Luminance	0.4780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC4EB #EB845D

analogous

#5DEBCB #5DC4EB #5D7DEB

triadic

#5DC4EB #EB5DC4 #C4EB5D

tetradic

#5DC4EB #CB5DEB #EB845D #7DEB5D

square

#5DC4EB #CB5DEB #EB845D #7DEB5D

split-complementary

#5DC4EB #EB5D7D #EBCB5D

monochromatic

#178BB7 #27B0E4 #5DC4EB #93D8F2 #CAECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#5DC4EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#5DC4EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC4EB

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC4EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC4EB	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC0ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc4eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 196, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.110 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d6f1',
    500: '#5dc4eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc4eb;
$custom-light: #97d6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc4eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.479,
    "s": 78.022,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77425,
    "c": 0.11008,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC4EB

secondary

#EBC7B9

accent

#440BDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC4EB

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

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