(W1 − W2,M _W2) colour–magnitude diagram depicting known L dwarfs in the Hyades (squares; Hogan et al. 2008; Casewell et al. 2014; Lodieu et al. 2014), (left-pointing triangles; Schneider et al. 2017) Hyades high-mass and low-mass members (black dots; Goldman et al. 2013), field L and T dwarfs (brown and yellow asterisks, respectively), the mean sequence of field L and T dwarfs (blue line; Dupuy & Liu 2012), our confirmed L5 2M0418+21 (light blue triangle; Pérez-Garrido et al. 2017; Lodieu et al. 2018), and our candidates (solid red circles). Absolute magnitudes are calculated assuming that Hyades objects and candidates are at 46.3 pc.