#5CB8DC#5CB8DC

#5CB8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.102 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CB8DC
RGB	rgb(92, 184, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 16.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -17.06, -26.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 31.38, 237.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0702 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.102 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4674, 41.7203, 73.9327)
Luminance	0.4172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CB8DC #DC805C

analogous

#5CDCC0 #5CB8DC #5C78DC

triadic

#5CB8DC #DC5CB8 #B8DC5C

tetradic

#5CB8DC #C05CDC #DC805C #78DC5C

square

#5CB8DC #C05CDC #DC805C #78DC5C

split-complementary

#5CB8DC #DC5C78 #DCC05C

monochromatic

#227A9C #2CA1CE #5CB8DC #8ECEE7 #C1E4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#5CB8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#5CB8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CB8DC

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CB8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CB8DC	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cb8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 184, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.102 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cde7',
    500: '#5cb8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cb8dc;
$custom-light: #95cde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cb8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.875,
    "s": 64.646,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74024,
    "c": 0.10152,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CB8DC

secondary

#E2BFB2

accent

#4C19CC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CB8DC

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

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