#5DCDF6#5DCDF6

#5DCDF6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.117 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DCDF6
RGB	rgb(93, 205, 246)
HSL	hsl(196, 89%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 16.7%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.66, -19.96, -29.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.66, 35.76, 236.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% -0.082 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.117 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.9735, 52.6392, 95.0666)
Luminance	0.5264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DCDF6 #F6865D

analogous

#5DF6D2 #5DCDF6 #5D81F6

triadic

#5DCDF6 #F65DCD #CDF65D

tetradic

#5DCDF6 #D25DF6 #F6865D #81F65D

square

#5DCDF6 #D25DF6 #F6865D #81F65D

split-complementary

#5DCDF6 #F65D81 #F6D25D

monochromatic

#0B99CD #23BBF3 #5DCDF6 #97DFF9 #D1F1FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#5DCDF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#5DCDF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DCDF6

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DCDF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DCDF6	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C9F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B9F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dcdf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 205, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.117 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99dcf9',
    500: '#5dcdf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dcdf6;
$custom-light: #99dcf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dcdf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.078,
    "s": 89.474,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79924,
    "c": 0.11654,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DCDF6

secondary

#C9582E

accent

#3D00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DCDF6

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

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