#5CB5DD#5CB5DD

#5CB5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.103 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CB5DD
RGB	rgb(92, 181, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 18.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -15.18, -28.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 31.99, 241.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.0666 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.103 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9836, 40.5403, 74.4267)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CB5DD #DD845C

analogous

#5CDDC5 #5CB5DD #5C75DD

triadic

#5CB5DD #DD5CB5 #B5DD5C

tetradic

#5CB5DD #C55CDD #DD845C #75DD5C

square

#5CB5DD #C55CDD #DD845C #75DD5C

split-complementary

#5CB5DD #DD5C75 #DDC55C

monochromatic

#21779E #2B9DD0 #5CB5DD #8FCCE8 #C1E3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#5CB5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#5CB5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CB5DD

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CB5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CB5DD	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cb5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 181, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.103 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cbe7',
    500: '#5cb5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cb5dd;
$custom-light: #95cbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cb5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.605,
    "s": 65.482,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73378,
    "c": 0.10295,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CB5DD

secondary

#E3C1B2

accent

#5018CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CB5DD

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

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