#5CB5CD#5CB5CD

#5CB5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.092 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CB5CD
RGB	rgb(92, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -19.90, -20.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 28.41, 225.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0726 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.092 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9526, 39.7279, 63.7301)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CB5CD #CD745C

analogous

#5CCDAC #5CB5CD #5C7CCD

triadic

#5CB5CD #CD5CB5 #B5CD5C

tetradic

#5CB5CD #AC5CCD #CD745C #7CCD5C

square

#5CB5CD #AC5CCD #CD745C #7CCD5C

split-complementary

#5CB5CD #CD5C7C #CDAC5C

monochromatic

#297286 #379AB4 #5CB5CD #8BCADB #BAE0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#5CB5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#5CB5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CB5CD

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CB5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CB5CD	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cb5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.092 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cbdc',
    500: '#5cb5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cb5cd;
$custom-light: #93cbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cb5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.743,
    "s": 53.052,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72726,
    "c": 0.09179,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CB5CD

secondary

#D9B5AC

accent

#6A4BDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CB5CD

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

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