#5CB9E2#5CB9E2

#5CB9E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.106 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CB9E2
RGB	rgb(92, 185, 226)
HSL	hsl(198, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 18.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, -15.78, -28.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 32.87, 241.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.0691 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.106 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4848, 42.4608, 78.2625)
Luminance	0.4246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CB9E2 #E2855C

analogous

#5CE2C8 #5CB9E2 #5C76E2

triadic

#5CB9E2 #E25CB9 #B9E25C

tetradic

#5CB9E2 #C85CE2 #E2855C #76E25C

square

#5CB9E2 #C85CE2 #E2855C #76E25C

split-complementary

#5CB9E2 #E25C76 #E2C85C

monochromatic

#1E7CA6 #28A3D9 #5CB9E2 #90CFEB #C4E6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#5CB9E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#5CB9E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CB9E2

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CB9E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CB9E2	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)

#A4B6E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A8E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cb9e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 185, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.106 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95ceeb',
    500: '#5cb9e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cb9e2;
$custom-light: #95ceeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cb9e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.358,
    "s": 69.792,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74504,
    "c": 0.10602,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CB9E2

secondary

#E5C3B4

accent

#4E14D2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CB9E2

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

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