#5CB6EC#5CB6EC

#5CB6EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.116 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CB6EC
RGB	rgb(92, 182, 236)
HSL	hsl(203, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 22.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -11.11, -34.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 36.71, 252.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0625 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.116 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2761, 41.7838, 85.4939)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CB6EC #EC925C

analogous

#5CECDA #5CB6EC #5C6EEC

triadic

#5CB6EC #EC5CB6 #B6EC5C

tetradic

#5CB6EC #DA5CEC #EC925C #6EEC5C

square

#5CB6EC #DA5CEC #EC925C #6EEC5C

split-complementary

#5CB6EC #EC5C6E #ECDA5C

monochromatic

#157BB8 #259DE6 #5CB6EC #93CFF2 #CAE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#5CB6EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#5CB6EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CB6EC

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CB6EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CB6EC	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cb6ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 182, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.116 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cbf2',
    500: '#5cb6ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cb6ec;
$custom-light: #96cbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cb6ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 79.121,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74262,
    "c": 0.11629,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CB6EC

secondary

#EBCCB9

accent

#590ADB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CB6EC

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

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