#5DC9F4#5DC9F4

#5DC9F4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.116 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC9F4
RGB	rgb(93, 201, 244)
HSL	hsl(197, 87%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 17.6%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, -18.50, -30.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 35.64, 238.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% -0.0787 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.116 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.7235, 50.6278, 93.1437)
Luminance	0.5063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC9F4 #F4885D

analogous

#5DF4D3 #5DC9F4 #5D7DF4

triadic

#5DC9F4 #F45DC9 #C9F45D

tetradic

#5DC9F4 #D35DF4 #F4885D #7DF45D

square

#5DC9F4 #D35DF4 #F4885D #7DF45D

split-complementary

#5DC9F4 #F45D7D #F4D35D

monochromatic

#0E94C9 #24B6F0 #5DC9F4 #96DCF8 #D0EFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#5DC9F4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#5DC9F4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC9F4

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC9F4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC9F4	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C6F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB6F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc9f4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 201, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.116 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d9f8',
    500: '#5dc9f4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc9f4;
$custom-light: #98d9f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc9f4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.086,
    "s": 87.283,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78935,
    "c": 0.11583,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC9F4

secondary

#C65A30

accent

#4202E4

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC9F4

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

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