#5DC9EE#5DC9EE

#5DC9EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.112 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC9EE
RGB	rgb(93, 201, 238)
HSL	hsl(195, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, -20.30, -27.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 34.24, 233.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% -0.0808 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.112 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.8273, 50.2694, 88.4237)
Luminance	0.5027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC9EE #EE825D

analogous

#5DEECA #5DC9EE #5D81EE

triadic

#5DC9EE #EE5DC9 #C9EE5D

tetradic

#5DC9EE #CA5DEE #EE825D #81EE5D

square

#5DC9EE #CA5DEE #EE825D #81EE5D

split-complementary

#5DC9EE #EE5D81 #EECA5D

monochromatic

#1492BD #26B7E8 #5DC9EE #94DBF4 #CCEEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#5DC9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#5DC9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC9EE

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC9EE	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 201, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.112 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d9f3',
    500: '#5dc9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc9ee;
$custom-light: #98d9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.31,
    "s": 81.006,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78687,
    "c": 0.11151,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC9EE

secondary

#BB5634

accent

#3F08DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC9EE

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

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