#5DC5EE#5DC5EE

#5DC5EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.112 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC5EE
RGB	rgb(93, 197, 238)
HSL	hsl(197, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 17.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -18.25, -29.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 34.53, 238.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.0767 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.112 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9070, 48.4287, 88.1169)
Luminance	0.4843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC5EE #EE865D

analogous

#5DEECF #5DC5EE #5D7CEE

triadic

#5DC5EE #EE5DC5 #C5EE5D

tetradic

#5DC5EE #CF5DEE #EE865D #7CEE5D

square

#5DC5EE #CF5DEE #EE865D #7CEE5D

split-complementary

#5DC5EE #EE5D7C #EECF5D

monochromatic

#148DBD #26B1E8 #5DC5EE #94D9F4 #CCEDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#5DC5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#5DC5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC5EE

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC5EE	1.00	1.97	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB2EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 197, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.112 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d6f3',
    500: '#5dc5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc5ee;
$custom-light: #98d6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.966,
    "s": 81.006,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77777,
    "c": 0.11213,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC5EE

secondary

#ECC9BB

accent

#4408DD

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F3FAFD

border

#CDD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC5EE

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

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