#5CB9DC#5CB9DC

#5CB9DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.101 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CB9DC
RGB	rgb(92, 185, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 15.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, -17.58, -25.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 31.30, 235.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0712 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.101 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6758, 42.1372, 74.0022)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CB9DC #DC7F5C

analogous

#5CDCBF #5CB9DC #5C79DC

triadic

#5CB9DC #DC5CB9 #B9DC5C

tetradic

#5CB9DC #BF5CDC #DC7F5C #79DC5C

square

#5CB9DC #BF5CDC #DC7F5C #79DC5C

split-complementary

#5CB9DC #DC5C79 #DCBF5C

monochromatic

#227B9C #2CA2CE #5CB9DC #8ECFE7 #C1E4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#5CB9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#5CB9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CB9DC

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CB9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CB9DC	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cb9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 185, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.101 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cee7',
    500: '#5cb9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cb9dc;
$custom-light: #95cee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cb9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.406,
    "s": 64.646,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74253,
    "c": 0.10137,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CB9DC

secondary

#E2BFB2

accent

#4A19CC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CB9DC

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

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