#5DC4EE#5DC4EE

#5DC4EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.112 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC4EE
RGB	rgb(93, 196, 238)
HSL	hsl(197, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 17.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -17.73, -29.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 34.64, 239.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% -0.0757 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.112 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6807, 47.9761, 88.0415)
Luminance	0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC4EE #EE875D

analogous

#5DEECF #5DC4EE #5D7CEE

triadic

#5DC4EE #EE5DC4 #C4EE5D

tetradic

#5DC4EE #CF5DEE #EE875D #7CEE5D

square

#5DC4EE #CF5DEE #EE875D #7CEE5D

split-complementary

#5DC4EE #EE5D7C #EECF5D

monochromatic

#148CBD #26B0E8 #5DC4EE #94D8F4 #CCECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#5DC4EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#5DC4EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC4EE

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC4EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC4EE	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC1F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B2ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc4ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 196, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.112 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d6f3',
    500: '#5dc4ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc4ee;
$custom-light: #98d6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc4ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.379,
    "s": 81.006,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7755,
    "c": 0.11235,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC4EE

secondary

#ECC9BB

accent

#4608DD

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F3FAFD

border

#CDD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC4EE

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

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