#5CB6E6#5CB6E6

#5CB6E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.111 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CB6E6
RGB	rgb(92, 182, 230)
HSL	hsl(201, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 20.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -12.97, -32.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 34.62, 248.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.0645 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.111 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4190, 41.4409, 80.9799)
Luminance	0.4144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CB6E6 #E68C5C

analogous

#5CE6D1 #5CB6E6 #5C71E6

triadic

#5CB6E6 #E65CB6 #B6E65C

tetradic

#5CB6E6 #D15CE6 #E68C5C #71E65C

square

#5CB6E6 #D15CE6 #E68C5C #71E65C

split-complementary

#5CB6E6 #E65C71 #E6D15C

monochromatic

#1B7AAD #279EDE #5CB6E6 #91CEEE #C6E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#5CB6E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#5CB6E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CB6E6

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CB6E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CB6E6	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB4E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA6E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cb6e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 182, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.111 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cbee',
    500: '#5cb6e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cb6e6;
$custom-light: #96cbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cb6e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.87,
    "s": 73.404,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73994,
    "c": 0.11054,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CB6E6

secondary

#E8C7B6

accent

#5510D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CB6E6

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

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