#5CB9DE#5CB9DE

#5CB9DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.103 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CB9DE
RGB	rgb(92, 185, 222)
HSL	hsl(197, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 16.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -16.98, -26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 31.80, 237.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.0705 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.103 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9423, 42.2438, 75.4055)
Luminance	0.4225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CB9DE #DE815C

analogous

#5CDEC2 #5CB9DE #5C78DE

triadic

#5CB9DE #DE5CB9 #B9DE5C

tetradic

#5CB9DE #C25CDE #DE815C #78DE5C

square

#5CB9DE #C25CDE #DE815C #78DE5C

split-complementary

#5CB9DE #DE5C78 #DEC25C

monochromatic

#207B9F #2BA3D2 #5CB9DE #8FCFE8 #C2E5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#5CB9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#5CB9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CB9DE

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CB9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CB9DE	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)

#A5B6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A8DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cb9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 185, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.103 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cee8',
    500: '#5cb9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cb9de;
$custom-light: #95cee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cb9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.077,
    "s": 66.327,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74336,
    "c": 0.10286,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CB9DE

secondary

#E3C0B3

accent

#4B17CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CB9DE

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

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