#57AEE6#57AEE6

#57AEE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.117 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#57AEE6
RGB	rgb(87, 174, 230)
HSL	hsl(203, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 24.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, -9.55, -35.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 37.16, 255.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.0595 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.117 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3440, 38.0082, 80.4266)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#57AEE6 #E68F57

analogous

#57E6D7 #57AEE6 #5766E6

triadic

#57AEE6 #E657AE #AEE657

tetradic

#57AEE6 #D757E6 #E68F57 #66E657

square

#57AEE6 #D757E6 #E68F57 #66E657

split-complementary

#57AEE6 #E65766 #E6D757

monochromatic

#1971A9 #2294DE #57AEE6 #8CC8EE #C2E1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#57AEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#57AEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #57AEE6

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##57AEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##57AEE6	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AEE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819FE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #57aee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(87, 174, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.117 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c6ee',
    500: '#57aee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #57aee6;
$custom-light: #93c6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#57aee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 87,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.497,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71995,
    "c": 0.11709,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#57AEE6

secondary

#E7C7B2

accent

#5D0FD6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #57AEE6

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

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