#5DC9F8#5DC9F8

#5DC9F8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.119 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC9F8
RGB	rgb(93, 201, 248)
HSL	hsl(198, 92%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 19%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, -17.29, -32.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 36.70, 241.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.1% -0.0773 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(79.1% 0.119 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.3375, 50.8734, 96.3771)
Luminance	0.5088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC9F8 #F88C5D

analogous

#5DF8DA #5DC9F8 #5D7BF8

triadic

#5DC9F8 #F85DC9 #C9F85D

tetradic

#5DC9F8 #DA5DF8 #F88C5D #7BF85D

square

#5DC9F8 #DA5DF8 #F88C5D #7BF85D

split-complementary

#5DC9F8 #F85D7B #F8DA5D

monochromatic

#0995D2 #22B5F5 #5DC9F8 #98DDFB #D2F0FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#5DC9F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#5DC9F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC9F8

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC9F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC9F8	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C6FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB6F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc9f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 201, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.119 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99d9fa',
    500: '#5dc9f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc9f8;
$custom-light: #99d9fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc9f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.194,
    "s": 91.716,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79103,
    "c": 0.11898,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC9F8

secondary

#CD5D2D

accent

#4600E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC9F8

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

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