#5CB8E6#5CB8E6

#5CB8E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.110 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5CB8E6
RGBrgb(92, 184, 230)
HSLhsl(200, 73%, 63%)
HSVhsv(200, 60%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(60%, 20%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(71.05, -14.03, -31.21)
CIE-LCHlch(71.05, 34.22, 245.79°)
OKLaboklab(74.45% -0.0666 -0.0872)
OKLCHoklch(74.45% 0.11 232.6)
XYZxyz(35.8316, 42.2660, 81.1174)
Luminance0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5CB8E6 #E68A5C
analogous
#5CE6CF #5CB8E6 #5C73E6
triadic
#5CB8E6 #E65CB8 #B8E65C
tetradic
#5CB8E6 #CF5CE6 #E68A5C #73E65C
square
#5CB8E6 #CF5CE6 #E68A5C #73E65C
split-complementary
#5CB8E6 #E65C73 #E6CF5C
monochromatic
#1B7CAD #27A1DE #5CB8E6 #91CFEE #C6E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22
#5CB8E6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45
#5CB8E6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CB8E6
9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5CB8E6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5CB8E61.002.229.459.45
#FFFFFF2.221.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4521.001.001.00
##0000009.4521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A1B6E8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8EA8E5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C4C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5cb8e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 184, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.110 232.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cdee',
    500: '#5cb8e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5cb8e6;
$custom-light: #96cdee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5cb8e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 73.404,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74448,
    "c": 0.10976,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5CB8E6
secondary
#E8C7B6
accent
#5210D6
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FD
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CB8E6

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#5CB8E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva