#5DC5DC#5DC5DC

#5DC5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.101 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC5DC
RGB	rgb(93, 197, 220)
HSL	hsl(191, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(191, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 10.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.46, -23.54, -20.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.46, 31.26, 221.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.0835 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.101 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3935, 47.4233, 74.8792)
Luminance	0.4743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC5DC #DC745D

analogous

#5DDCB4 #5DC5DC #5D86DC

triadic

#5DC5DC #DC5DC5 #C5DC5D

tetradic

#5DC5DC #B45DDC #DC745D #86DC5D

square

#5DC5DC #B45DDC #DC745D #86DC5D

split-complementary

#5DC5DC #DC5D86 #DCB45D

monochromatic

#22869D #2DB2CF #5DC5DC #8FD7E7 #C2E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#5DC5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#5DC5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC5DC

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC5DC	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)

#B4BFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 197, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.101 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d6e6',
    500: '#5dc5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc5dc;
$custom-light: #96d6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.866,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77059,
    "c": 0.10108,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC5DC

secondary

#E2BBB3

accent

#3A19CC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC5DC

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

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