#5DC9EB#5DC9EB

#5DC9EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.110 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC9EB
RGB	rgb(93, 201, 235)
HSL	hsl(194, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 14.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, -21.19, -26.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 33.64, 230.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% -0.0819 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.11 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3903, 50.0945, 86.1218)
Luminance	0.5010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC9EB #EB7F5D

analogous

#5DEBC6 #5DC9EB #5D82EB

triadic

#5DC9EB #EB5DC9 #C9EB5D

tetradic

#5DC9EB #C65DEB #EB7F5D #82EB5D

square

#5DC9EB #C65DEB #EB7F5D #82EB5D

split-complementary

#5DC9EB #EB5D82 #EBC65D

monochromatic

#1791B7 #27B7E4 #5DC9EB #93DBF2 #CAEDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#5DC9EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#5DC9EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC9EB

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC9EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC9EB	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C4ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B5EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc9eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 201, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.110 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d9f1',
    500: '#5dc9eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc9eb;
$custom-light: #98d9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc9eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.366,
    "s": 78.022,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78566,
    "c": 0.10954,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC9EB

secondary

#B75436

accent

#3D0BDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1416

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC9EB

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

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