#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
RGB	rgb(92, 181, 230)
HSL	hsl(201, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 21.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -12.43, -32.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 34.83, 249.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.0634 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.111 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2150, 41.0328, 80.9119)
Luminance	0.4104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##5CB5E6	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

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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