#57BDDE#57BDDE

#57BDDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.105 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#57BDDE
RGB	rgb(87, 189, 222)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 14.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -19.98, -25.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 32.31, 231.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.0779 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.105 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3076, 43.6918, 75.6657)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#57BDDE #DE7857

analogous

#57DEBC #57BDDE #5779DE

triadic

#57BDDE #DE57BD #BDDE57

tetradic

#57BDDE #BC57DE #DE7857 #79DE57

square

#57BDDE #BC57DE #DE7857 #79DE57

split-complementary

#57BDDE #DE5779 #DEBC57

monochromatic

#1F7D9C #29A6CF #57BDDE #8AD1E8 #BDE5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#57BDDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#57BDDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #57BDDE

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##57BDDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##57BDDE	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #57bdde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(87, 189, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.105 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d1e8',
    500: '#57bdde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #57bdde;
$custom-light: #93d1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#57bdde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 87,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.667,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75074,
    "c": 0.10522,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#57BDDE

secondary

#E2BBAF

accent

#4416CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #57BDDE

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

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