#5CB5E4#5CB5E4

#5CB5E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.109 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CB5E4
RGB	rgb(92, 181, 228)
HSL	hsl(201, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 20.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -13.05, -31.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 34.16, 247.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0641 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.109 234)
XYZ	xyz(34.9357, 40.9211, 79.4412)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CB5E4 #E48B5C

analogous

#5CE4CF #5CB5E4 #5C71E4

triadic

#5CB5E4 #E45CB5 #B5E45C

tetradic

#5CB5E4 #CF5CE4 #E48B5C #71E45C

square

#5CB5E4 #CF5CE4 #E48B5C #71E45C

split-complementary

#5CB5E4 #E45C71 #E4CF5C

monochromatic

#1C79AA #279DDB #5CB5E4 #91CDED #C5E5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#5CB5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#5CB5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CB5E4

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CB5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CB5E4	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB3E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA5E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cb5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 181, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.109 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cbec',
    500: '#5cb5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cb5e4;
$custom-light: #95cbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cb5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.735,
    "s": 71.579,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7368,
    "c": 0.1091,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.40924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CB5E4

secondary

#E7C6B5

accent

#5512D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CB5E4

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

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