#5DC5EC#5DC5EC

#5DC5EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.111 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC5EC
RGB	rgb(93, 197, 236)
HSL	hsl(196, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -18.84, -28.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 34.05, 236.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% -0.0774 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.111 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.6148, 48.3118, 86.5780)
Luminance	0.4832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC5EC #EC845D

analogous

#5DECCC #5DC5EC #5D7DEC

triadic

#5DC5EC #EC5DC5 #C5EC5D

tetradic

#5DC5EC #CC5DEC #EC845D #7DEC5D

square

#5DC5EC #CC5DEC #EC845D #7DEC5D

split-complementary

#5DC5EC #EC5D7D #ECCC5D

monochromatic

#168CB9 #26B1E6 #5DC5EC #94D9F2 #CBECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#5DC5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#5DC5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC5EC

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC5EC	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 197, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.111 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d6f2',
    500: '#5dc5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc5ec;
$custom-light: #97d6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77694,
    "c": 0.11065,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC5EC

secondary

#EBC7BA

accent

#430ADB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC5EC

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

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