#5CB5CE#5CB5CE

#5CB5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.092 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CB5CE
RGB	rgb(92, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(193, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 55%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -19.61, -20.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 28.57, 226.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0722 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.092 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0737, 39.7763, 64.3679)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CB5CE #CE755C

analogous

#5CCEAE #5CB5CE #5C7CCE

triadic

#5CB5CE #CE5CB5 #B5CE5C

tetradic

#5CB5CE #AE5CCE #CE755C #7CCE5C

square

#5CB5CE #AE5CCE #CE755C #7CCE5C

split-complementary

#5CB5CE #CE5C7C #CEAE5C

monochromatic

#297287 #379AB6 #5CB5CE #8BCADC #BAE0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#5CB5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#5CB5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CB5CE

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CB5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CB5CE	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cb5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.092 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cbdd',
    500: '#5cb5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cb5ce;
$custom-light: #93cbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cb5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.158,
    "s": 53.774,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72765,
    "c": 0.09234,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CB5CE

secondary

#DAB6AC

accent

#6B4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CB5CE

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

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