#5DC6DE#5DC6DE

#5DC6DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.102 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC6DE
RGB	rgb(93, 198, 222)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(191, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 10.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -23.47, -21.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 31.57, 221.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% -0.0837 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.102 215)
XYZ	xyz(37.8878, 47.9855, 76.3585)
Luminance	0.4799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC6DE #DE755D

analogous

#5DDEB6 #5DC6DE #5D86DE

triadic

#5DC6DE #DE5DC6 #C6DE5D

tetradic

#5DC6DE #B65DDE #DE755D #86DE5D

square

#5DC6DE #B65DDE #DE755D #86DE5D

split-complementary

#5DC6DE #DE5D86 #DEB65D

monochromatic

#2188A0 #2BB4D3 #5DC6DE #90D8E8 #C3EAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#5DC6DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#5DC6DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC6DE

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC6DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC6DE	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B2DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc6de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 198, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.102 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d7e8',
    500: '#5dc6de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc6de;
$custom-light: #96d7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc6de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.163,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77367,
    "c": 0.10218,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.47989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC6DE

secondary

#E3BCB4

accent

#3917CE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC6DE

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

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