#5CB8E9#5CB8E9

#5CB8E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.112 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CB8E9
RGB	rgb(92, 184, 233)
HSL	hsl(201, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 21%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -13.11, -32.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 35.20, 248.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0656 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.112 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2565, 42.4359, 83.3552)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CB8E9 #E98D5C

analogous

#5CE9D3 #5CB8E9 #5C71E9

triadic

#5CB8E9 #E95CB8 #B8E95C

tetradic

#5CB8E9 #D35CE9 #E98D5C #71E95C

square

#5CB8E9 #D35CE9 #E98D5C #71E95C

split-complementary

#5CB8E9 #E95C71 #E9D35C

monochromatic

#187DB3 #26A1E2 #5CB8E9 #92CFF0 #C8E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#5CB8E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#5CB8E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CB8E9

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CB8E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CB8E9	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B6EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA8E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cb8e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 184, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.112 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cdf0',
    500: '#5cb8e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cb8e9;
$custom-light: #96cdf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cb8e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.851,
    "s": 76.216,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74579,
    "c": 0.11249,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CB8E9

secondary

#E9C9B8

accent

#540DD8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CB8E9

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

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