#5DC5E6#5DC5E6

#5DC5E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.107 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC5E6
RGB	rgb(93, 197, 230)
HSL	hsl(194, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 14.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -20.63, -25.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 32.76, 230.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% -0.0796 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.107 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7577, 47.9690, 82.0640)
Luminance	0.4797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC5E6 #E67E5D

analogous

#5DE6C3 #5DC5E6 #5D80E6

triadic

#5DC5E6 #E65DC5 #C5E65D

tetradic

#5DC5E6 #C35DE6 #E67E5D #80E65D

square

#5DC5E6 #C35DE6 #E67E5D #80E65D

split-complementary

#5DC5E6 #E65D80 #E6C35D

monochromatic

#1B8AAE #28B2DE #5DC5E6 #92D8EE #C7EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#5DC5E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#5DC5E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC5E6

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC5E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC5E6	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C0E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB2E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc5e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 197, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.107 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d6ee',
    500: '#5dc5e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc5e6;
$custom-light: #97d6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc5e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.453,
    "s": 73.262,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7745,
    "c": 0.10655,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC5E6

secondary

#E8C3B7

accent

#4010D5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC5E6

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

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