#5DC9E8#5DC9E8

#5DC9E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.108 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC9E8
RGB	rgb(93, 201, 232)
HSL	hsl(193, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 13.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, -22.07, -24.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 33.10, 228.18°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.0831 -0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.108 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9605, 49.9226, 83.8584)
Luminance	0.4993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC9E8 #E87C5D

analogous

#5DE8C1 #5DC9E8 #5D83E8

triadic

#5DC9E8 #E85DC9 #C9E85D

tetradic

#5DC9E8 #C15DE8 #E87C5D #83E85D

square

#5DC9E8 #C15DE8 #E87C5D #83E85D

split-complementary

#5DC9E8 #E85D83 #E8C15D

monochromatic

#198FB1 #27B7E0 #5DC9E8 #93DBF0 #C8EDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#5DC9E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#5DC9E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC9E8

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC9E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC9E8	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B5E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc9e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 201, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.108 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d9ef',
    500: '#5dc9e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc9e8;
$custom-light: #97d9ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc9e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.381,
    "s": 75.135,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78447,
    "c": 0.10773,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC9E8

secondary

#E9C3B8

accent

#3B0ED7

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC9E8

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

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