#57BCEC#57BCEC

#57BCEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.116 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#57BCEC
RGB	rgb(87, 188, 236)
HSL	hsl(199, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 20.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, -15.18, -32.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 35.99, 245.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.0719 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.116 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0481, 44.0450, 85.8897)
Luminance	0.4405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#57BCEC #EC8757

analogous

#57ECD1 #57BCEC #5771EC

triadic

#57BCEC #EC57BC #BCEC57

tetradic

#57BCEC #D157EC #EC8757 #71EC57

square

#57BCEC #D157EC #EC8757 #71EC57

split-complementary

#57BCEC #EC5771 #ECD157

monochromatic

#1481B4 #20A6E6 #57BCEC #8ED2F2 #C5E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#57BCEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#57BCEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #57BCEC

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##57BCEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##57BCEC	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FABEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #57bcec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(87, 188, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.116 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d0f2',
    500: '#57bcec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #57bcec;
$custom-light: #94d0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#57bcec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 87,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.329,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75436,
    "c": 0.1162,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#57BCEC

secondary

#EAC6B5

accent

#4D0ADC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #57BCEC

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

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