#5DC9EA#5DC9EA

#5DC9EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.109 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC9EA
RGB	rgb(93, 201, 234)
HSL	hsl(194, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 14.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, -21.49, -25.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 33.45, 230.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% -0.0823 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.109 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2462, 50.0369, 85.3630)
Luminance	0.5004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC9EA #EA7E5D

analogous

#5DEAC5 #5DC9EA #5D83EA

triadic

#5DC9EA #EA5DC9 #C9EA5D

tetradic

#5DC9EA #C55DEA #EA7E5D #83EA5D

square

#5DC9EA #C55DEA #EA7E5D #83EA5D

split-complementary

#5DC9EA #EA5D83 #EAC55D

monochromatic

#1790B5 #27B7E3 #5DC9EA #93DBF1 #C9EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#5DC9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#5DC9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC9EA

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC9EA	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B5EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 201, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.109 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d9f0',
    500: '#5dc9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc9ea;
$custom-light: #97d9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.043,
    "s": 77.049,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78526,
    "c": 0.10893,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC9EA

secondary

#B55436

accent

#3C0CD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1416

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC9EA

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

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