#5DC5DD#5DC5DD

#5DC5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.102 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC5DD
RGB	rgb(93, 197, 221)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(191, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 10.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.49, -23.25, -21.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.49, 31.37, 222.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.0831 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.102 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5264, 47.4764, 75.5788)
Luminance	0.4748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC5DD #DD755D

analogous

#5DDDB5 #5DC5DD #5D85DD

triadic

#5DC5DD #DD5DC5 #C5DD5D

tetradic

#5DC5DD #B55DDD #DD755D #85DD5D

square

#5DC5DD #B55DDD #DD755D #85DD5D

split-complementary

#5DC5DD #DD5D85 #DDB55D

monochromatic

#21879E #2CB2D1 #5DC5DD #90D7E8 #C2E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#5DC5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#5DC5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC5DD

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC5DD	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 197, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.102 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d6e7',
    500: '#5dc5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc5dd;
$custom-light: #96d6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77097,
    "c": 0.10154,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC5DD

secondary

#E3BCB3

accent

#3A18CD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC5DD

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

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