#5DC6EE#5DC6EE

#5DC6EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.112 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC6EE
RGB	rgb(93, 198, 238)
HSL	hsl(197, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 16.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, -18.76, -28.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 34.44, 236.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.0777 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.112 226)
XYZ	xyz(40.1348, 48.8843, 88.1928)
Luminance	0.4889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC6EE #EE855D

analogous

#5DEECE #5DC6EE #5D7DEE

triadic

#5DC6EE #EE5DC6 #C6EE5D

tetradic

#5DC6EE #CE5DEE #EE855D #7DEE5D

square

#5DC6EE #CE5DEE #EE855D #7DEE5D

split-complementary

#5DC6EE #EE5D7D #EECE5D

monochromatic

#148EBD #26B3E8 #5DC6EE #94D9F4 #CCEDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#5DC6EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#5DC6EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC6EE

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC6EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC6EE	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB3EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc6ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 198, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.112 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d7f3',
    500: '#5dc6ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc6ee;
$custom-light: #98d7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc6ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.552,
    "s": 81.006,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78004,
    "c": 0.11194,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.48888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC6EE

secondary

#ECC8BB

accent

#4308DD

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F3FAFD

border

#CDD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC6EE

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

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