#5DC5EA#5DC5EA

#5DC5EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.109 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC5EA
RGB	rgb(93, 197, 234)
HSL	hsl(196, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 15.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, -19.44, -27.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 33.59, 234.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% -0.0782 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.109 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3259, 48.1962, 85.0563)
Luminance	0.4820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC5EA #EA825D

analogous

#5DEAC9 #5DC5EA #5D7FEA

triadic

#5DC5EA #EA5DC5 #C5EA5D

tetradic

#5DC5EA #C95DEA #EA825D #7FEA5D

square

#5DC5EA #C95DEA #EA825D #7FEA5D

split-complementary

#5DC5EA #EA5D7F #EAC95D

monochromatic

#178CB5 #27B2E3 #5DC5EA #93D8F1 #C9ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#5DC5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#5DC5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC5EA

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC5EA	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C1EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 197, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.109 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d6f0',
    500: '#5dc5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc5ea;
$custom-light: #97d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.745,
    "s": 77.049,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77612,
    "c": 0.10922,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC5EA

secondary

#EAC6B9

accent

#420CD9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC5EA

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

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