#5DC9ED#5DC9ED

#5DC9ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.111 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC9ED
RGB	rgb(93, 201, 237)
HSL	hsl(195, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 15.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.20, -20.60, -27.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.20, 34.03, 232.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% -0.0812 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.111 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.6808, 50.2108, 87.6521)
Luminance	0.5021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC9ED #ED815D

analogous

#5DEDC9 #5DC9ED #5D81ED

triadic

#5DC9ED #ED5DC9 #C9ED5D

tetradic

#5DC9ED #C95DED #ED815D #81ED5D

square

#5DC9ED #C95DED #ED815D #81ED5D

split-complementary

#5DC9ED #ED5D81 #EDC95D

monochromatic

#1591BB #26B7E7 #5DC9ED #94DBF3 #CBEEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#5DC9ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#5DC9ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC9ED

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC9ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC9ED	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B5ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc9ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 201, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.111 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d9f3',
    500: '#5dc9ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc9ed;
$custom-light: #98d9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc9ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78647,
    "c": 0.11084,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC9ED

secondary

#BA5634

accent

#3E09DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC9ED

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

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