#5CC9EE#5CC9EE

#5CC9EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.112 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CC9EE
RGB	rgb(92, 201, 238)
HSL	hsl(195, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.20, -20.47, -27.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.20, 34.38, 233.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% -0.0814 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.112 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7268, 50.2175, 88.4190)
Luminance	0.5022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CC9EE #EE815C

analogous

#5CEECA #5CC9EE #5C80EE

triadic

#5CC9EE #EE5CC9 #C9EE5C

tetradic

#5CC9EE #CA5CEE #EE815C #80EE5C

square

#5CC9EE #CA5CEE #EE815C #80EE5C

split-complementary

#5CC9EE #EE5C80 #EECA5C

monochromatic

#1491BC #25B7E8 #5CC9EE #93DBF4 #CBEEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#5CC9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#5CC9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CC9EE

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CC9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CC9EE	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cc9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 201, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.112 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d9f3',
    500: '#5cc9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cc9ee;
$custom-light: #97d9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cc9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.205,
    "s": 81.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78653,
    "c": 0.11206,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CC9EE

secondary

#BB5633

accent

#3E08DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CC9EE

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

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