#57CEEB#57CEEB

#57CEEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.113 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#57CEEB
RGB	rgb(87, 206, 235)
HSL	hsl(192, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, -24.73, -24.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 34.62, 224.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% -0.0906 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.113 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.9911, 52.1627, 86.4893)
Luminance	0.5217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#57CEEB #EB7457

analogous

#57EBBE #57CEEB #5784EB

triadic

#57CEEB #EB57CE #CEEB57

tetradic

#57CEEB #BE57EB #EB7457 #84EB57

square

#57CEEB #BE57EB #EB7457 #84EB57

split-complementary

#57CEEB #EB5784 #EBBE57

monochromatic

#1594B2 #20BEE4 #57CEEB #8EDEF2 #C4EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#57CEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#57CEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #57CEEB

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##57CEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##57CEEB	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC8ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #57ceeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(87, 206, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.113 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95ddf1',
    500: '#57ceeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #57ceeb;
$custom-light: #95ddf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#57ceeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 87,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.757,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79517,
    "c": 0.11289,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#57CEEB

secondary

#B34D34

accent

#330ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #57CEEB

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

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