#5CB5C8#5CB5C8

#5CB5C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.089 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CB5C8
RGB	rgb(92, 181, 200)
HSL	hsl(191, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 54%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 9.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -21.34, -17.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 27.77, 219.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0745 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.089 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3587, 39.4903, 60.6022)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CB5C8 #C86F5C

analogous

#5CC8A5 #5CB5C8 #5C7FC8

triadic

#5CB5C8 #C85CB5 #B5C85C

tetradic

#5CB5C8 #A55CC8 #C86F5C #7FC85C

square

#5CB5C8 #A55CC8 #C86F5C #7FC85C

split-complementary

#5CB5C8 #C85C7F #C8A55C

monochromatic

#2B707F #3A98AD #5CB5C8 #8ACAD7 #B8DFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#5CB5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#5CB5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CB5C8

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CB5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CB5C8	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B0C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A3C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cb5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 181, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.089 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cbd8',
    500: '#5cb5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cb5c8;
$custom-light: #93cbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cb5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.556,
    "s": 49.541,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72533,
    "c": 0.08931,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CB5C8

secondary

#D6B2AA

accent

#674FD9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CB5C8

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

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