#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
RGB	rgb(92, 184, 230)
HSL	hsl(200, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 20%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, -14.03, -31.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 34.22, 245.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0666 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.11 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8316, 42.2660, 81.1174)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##5CB8E6	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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