#5CB5EC#5CB5EC

#5CB5EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.117 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CB5EC
RGB	rgb(92, 181, 236)
HSL	hsl(203, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 23.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, -10.57, -35.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 36.97, 253.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0614 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.117 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0721, 41.3757, 85.4259)
Luminance	0.4138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CB5EC #EC935C

analogous

#5CECDB #5CB5EC #5C6DEC

triadic

#5CB5EC #EC5CB5 #B5EC5C

tetradic

#5CB5EC #DB5CEC #EC935C #6DEC5C

square

#5CB5EC #DB5CEC #EC935C #6DEC5C

split-complementary

#5CB5EC #EC5C6D #ECDB5C

monochromatic

#157AB8 #259CE6 #5CB5EC #93CEF2 #CAE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#5CB5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#5CB5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CB5EC

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CB5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CB5EC	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB4EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cb5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 181, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.117 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cbf2',
    500: '#5cb5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cb5ec;
$custom-light: #96cbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cb5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.917,
    "s": 79.121,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74037,
    "c": 0.11682,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CB5EC

secondary

#EBCCB9

accent

#5A0ADB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CB5EC

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

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