#5CB9EC#5CB9EC

#5CB9EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.115 H 235.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CB9EC
RGB	rgb(92, 185, 236)
HSL	hsl(201, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 21.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, -12.72, -33.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 36.00, 249.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.0656 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.115 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8971, 43.0257, 85.7009)
Luminance	0.4303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CB9EC #EC8F5C

analogous

#5CECD7 #5CB9EC #5C71EC

triadic

#5CB9EC #EC5CB9 #B9EC5C

tetradic

#5CB9EC #D75CEC #EC8F5C #71EC5C

square

#5CB9EC #D75CEC #EC8F5C #71EC5C

split-complementary

#5CB9EC #EC5C71 #ECD75C

monochromatic

#157FB8 #25A1E6 #5CB9EC #93D1F2 #CAE8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#5CB9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#5CB9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CB9EC

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CB9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CB9EC	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cb9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 185, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.115 235.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cef2',
    500: '#5cb9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cb9ec;
$custom-light: #96cef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cb9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.25,
    "s": 79.121,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74937,
    "c": 0.11486,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CB9EC

secondary

#EBCBB9

accent

#540ADB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CB9EC

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

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