#5DC9E9#5DC9E9

#5DC9E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.108 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC9E9
RGB	rgb(93, 201, 233)
HSL	hsl(194, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 13.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.06, -21.78, -25.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.06, 33.27, 229.11°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.0827 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.108 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.1030, 49.9796, 84.6086)
Luminance	0.4998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC9E9 #E97D5D

analogous

#5DE9C3 #5DC9E9 #5D83E9

triadic

#5DC9E9 #E95DC9 #C9E95D

tetradic

#5DC9E9 #C35DE9 #E97D5D #83E95D

square

#5DC9E9 #C35DE9 #E97D5D #83E95D

split-complementary

#5DC9E9 #E95D83 #E9C35D

monochromatic

#1890B3 #27B7E2 #5DC9E9 #93DBF0 #C9EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#5DC9E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#5DC9E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC9E9

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC9E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC9E9	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C4EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B5E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc9e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 201, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.108 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d9f0',
    500: '#5dc9e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc9e9;
$custom-light: #97d9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc9e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.714,
    "s": 76.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78487,
    "c": 0.10832,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC9E9

secondary

#E9C4B8

accent

#3C0DD8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC9E9

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

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