#5CB4E6#5CB4E6

#5CB4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.111 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CB4E6
RGB	rgb(92, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(202, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -11.90, -32.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 35.06, 250.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.0624 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.111 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0124, 40.6276, 80.8443)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CB4E6 #E68E5C

analogous

#5CE6D3 #5CB4E6 #5C6FE6

triadic

#5CB4E6 #E65CB4 #B4E65C

tetradic

#5CB4E6 #D35CE6 #E68E5C #6FE65C

square

#5CB4E6 #D35CE6 #E68E5C #6FE65C

split-complementary

#5CB4E6 #E65C6F #E6D35C

monochromatic

#1B78AD #279CDE #5CB4E6 #91CCEE #C6E5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#5CB4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#5CB4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CB4E6

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CB4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CB4E6	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB3E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A5E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cb4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.111 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96caee',
    500: '#5cb4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cb4e6;
$custom-light: #96caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cb4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.739,
    "s": 73.404,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73542,
    "c": 0.11142,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CB4E6

secondary

#E8C8B6

accent

#5810D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CB4E6

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

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