#5CB5E9#5CB5E9

#5CB5E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.114 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CB5E9
RGB	rgb(92, 181, 233)
HSL	hsl(202, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 22.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -11.51, -33.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 35.88, 251.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.0624 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.114 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6399, 41.2028, 83.1497)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CB5E9 #E9905C

analogous

#5CE9D7 #5CB5E9 #5C6EE9

triadic

#5CB5E9 #E95CB5 #B5E95C

tetradic

#5CB5E9 #D75CE9 #E9905C #6EE95C

square

#5CB5E9 #D75CE9 #E9905C #6EE95C

split-complementary

#5CB5E9 #E95C6E #E9D75C

monochromatic

#187AB3 #269DE2 #5CB5E9 #92CDF0 #C8E6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#5CB5E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#5CB5E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CB5E9

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CB5E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CB5E9	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB4EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A6E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cb5e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 181, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.114 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cbf0',
    500: '#5cb5e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cb5e9;
$custom-light: #96cbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cb5e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.128,
    "s": 76.216,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73902,
    "c": 0.11384,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CB5E9

secondary

#E9CAB8

accent

#580DD8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CB5E9

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

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