#5DC6DD#5DC6DD

#5DC6DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.102 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC6DD
RGB	rgb(93, 198, 221)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(191, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 10.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, -23.76, -20.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 31.46, 220.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.0841 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.102 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7542, 47.9321, 75.6548)
Luminance	0.4794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC6DD #DD745D

analogous

#5DDDB4 #5DC6DD #5D86DD

triadic

#5DC6DD #DD5DC6 #C6DD5D

tetradic

#5DC6DD #B45DDD #DD745D #86DD5D

square

#5DC6DD #B45DDD #DD745D #86DD5D

split-complementary

#5DC6DD #DD5D86 #DDB45D

monochromatic

#21889E #2CB3D1 #5DC6DD #90D8E8 #C2EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#5DC6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#5DC6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC6DD

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC6DD	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)

#B5C0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 198, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.102 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d7e7',
    500: '#5dc6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc6dd;
$custom-light: #96d7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.781,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77328,
    "c": 0.10172,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC6DD

secondary

#E3BCB3

accent

#3918CD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC6DD

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

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