#5DC8EE#5DC8EE

#5DC8EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.112 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC8EE
RGB	rgb(93, 200, 238)
HSL	hsl(196, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 16%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, -19.79, -28.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 34.29, 234.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.0798 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.112 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5950, 49.8047, 88.3462)
Luminance	0.4981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC8EE #EE835D

analogous

#5DEECB #5DC8EE #5D80EE

triadic

#5DC8EE #EE5DC8 #C8EE5D

tetradic

#5DC8EE #CB5DEE #EE835D #80EE5D

square

#5DC8EE #CB5DEE #EE835D #80EE5D

split-complementary

#5DC8EE #EE5D80 #EECB5D

monochromatic

#1491BD #26B5E8 #5DC8EE #94DBF4 #CCEEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#5DC8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#5DC8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC8EE

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC8EE	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 200, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.112 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d8f3',
    500: '#5dc8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc8ee;
$custom-light: #98d8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.724,
    "s": 81.006,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7846,
    "c": 0.11163,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC8EE

secondary

#ECC8BB

accent

#4008DD

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F3FAFD

border

#CDD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC8EE

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

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