#5CB9E7#5CB9E7

#5CB9E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.110 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CB9E7
RGB	rgb(92, 185, 231)
HSL	hsl(200, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 19.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -14.26, -31.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 34.36, 245.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.0673 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.11 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1808, 42.7392, 81.9286)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CB9E7 #E78A5C

analogous

#5CE7CF #5CB9E7 #5C73E7

triadic

#5CB9E7 #E75CB9 #B9E75C

tetradic

#5CB9E7 #CF5CE7 #E78A5C #73E75C

square

#5CB9E7 #CF5CE7 #E78A5C #73E75C

split-complementary

#5CB9E7 #E75C73 #E7CF5C

monochromatic

#1A7EAF #27A2DF #5CB9E7 #91D0EF #C7E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#5CB9E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#5CB9E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CB9E7

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CB9E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CB9E7	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B7E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cb9e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 185, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.110 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96ceee',
    500: '#5cb9e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cb9e7;
$custom-light: #96ceee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cb9e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.856,
    "s": 74.332,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74718,
    "c": 0.11029,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CB9E7

secondary

#E8C7B7

accent

#510FD6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CB9E7

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

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