#5CB8E2#5CB8E2

#5CB8E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.106 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CB8E2
RGB	rgb(92, 184, 226)
HSL	hsl(199, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 18.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -15.25, -29.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 33.01, 242.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% -0.068 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.106 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2763, 42.0439, 78.1930)
Luminance	0.4205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CB8E2 #E2865C

analogous

#5CE2C9 #5CB8E2 #5C75E2

triadic

#5CB8E2 #E25CB8 #B8E25C

tetradic

#5CB8E2 #C95CE2 #E2865C #75E25C

square

#5CB8E2 #C95CE2 #E2865C #75E25C

split-complementary

#5CB8E2 #E25C75 #E2C95C

monochromatic

#1E7BA6 #28A1D9 #5CB8E2 #90CFEB #C4E5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#5CB8E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#5CB8E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CB8E2

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CB8E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CB8E2	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B5E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A7E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cb8e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 184, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.106 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cdeb',
    500: '#5cb8e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cb8e2;
$custom-light: #95cdeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cb8e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.806,
    "s": 69.792,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74276,
    "c": 0.10629,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CB8E2

secondary

#E5C4B4

accent

#4F14D2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CB8E2

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

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