#5CB5E7#5CB5E7

#5CB5E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.112 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CB5E7
RGB	rgb(92, 181, 231)
HSL	hsl(202, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 21.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, -12.12, -33.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 35.17, 249.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.0631 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.112 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3558, 41.0892, 81.6536)
Luminance	0.4109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CB5E7 #E78E5C

analogous

#5CE7D4 #5CB5E7 #5C6FE7

triadic

#5CB5E7 #E75CB5 #B5E75C

tetradic

#5CB5E7 #D45CE7 #E78E5C #6FE75C

square

#5CB5E7 #D45CE7 #E78E5C #6FE75C

split-complementary

#5CB5E7 #E75C6F #E7D45C

monochromatic

#1A79AF #279DDF #5CB5E7 #91CDEF #C7E5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#5CB5E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#5CB5E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CB5E7

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CB5E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CB5E7	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA5E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cb5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 181, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.112 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cbee',
    500: '#5cb5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cb5e7;
$custom-light: #96cbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cb5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.583,
    "s": 74.332,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73812,
    "c": 0.11191,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CB5E7

secondary

#E8C8B7

accent

#570FD6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CB5E7

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

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