#5CB5E6#5CB5E6

#5CB5E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.111 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5CB5E6
RGBrgb(92, 181, 230)
HSLhsl(201, 73%, 63%)
HSVhsv(201, 60%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(60%, 21.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(70.20, -12.43, -32.53)
CIE-LCHlch(70.20, 34.83, 249.09°)
OKLaboklab(73.77% -0.0634 -0.091)
OKLCHoklch(73.77% 0.111 235.1)
XYZxyz(35.2150, 41.0328, 80.9119)
Luminance0.4104 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5CB5E6 #E68D5C
analogous
#5CE6D2 #5CB5E6 #5C70E6
triadic
#5CB5E6 #E65CB5 #B5E65C
tetradic
#5CB5E6 #D25CE6 #E68D5C #70E65C
square
#5CB5E6 #D25CE6 #E68D5C #70E65C
split-complementary
#5CB5E6 #E65C70 #E6D25C
monochromatic
#1B79AD #279DDE #5CB5E6 #91CDEE #C6E5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28
#5CB5E6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21
#5CB5E6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CB5E6
9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5CB5E6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5CB5E61.002.289.219.21
#FFFFFF2.281.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2121.001.001.00
##0000009.2121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9EB4E8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8BA5E5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2C5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5cb5e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 181, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.111 235.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cbee',
    500: '#5cb5e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5cb5e6;
$custom-light: #96cbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5cb5e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.304,
    "s": 73.404,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73768,
    "c": 0.11096,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5CB5E6
secondary
#E8C8B6
accent
#5610D6
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CB5E6

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

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#5CB5E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva