#5CB5E5#5CB5E5

#5CB5E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.110 H 234.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CB5E5
RGB	rgb(92, 181, 229)
HSL	hsl(201, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 21%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -12.74, -32.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 34.49, 248.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0638 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.11 234.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0750, 40.9768, 80.1744)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CB5E5 #E58C5C

analogous

#5CE5D1 #5CB5E5 #5C70E5

triadic

#5CB5E5 #E55CB5 #B5E55C

tetradic

#5CB5E5 #D15CE5 #E58C5C #70E55C

square

#5CB5E5 #D15CE5 #E58C5C #70E55C

split-complementary

#5CB5E5 #E55C70 #E5D15C

monochromatic

#1B79AB #279DDD #5CB5E5 #91CDED #C6E5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#5CB5E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#5CB5E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CB5E5

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CB5E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CB5E5	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB3E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA5E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cb5e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 181, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.110 234.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cbed',
    500: '#5cb5e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cb5e5;
$custom-light: #95cbed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cb5e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.022,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73724,
    "c": 0.11002,
    "h": 234.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CB5E5

secondary

#E7C7B6

accent

#5511D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CB5E5

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

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