#5BBCE0#5BBCE0

#5BBCE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.104 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCE0
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 224)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 16.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -18.14, -26.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 32.19, 235.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.0736 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.104 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7469, 43.5689, 77.0323)
Luminance	0.4357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCE0 #E07F5B

analogous

#5BE0C2 #5BBCE0 #5B7AE0

triadic

#5BBCE0 #E05BBC #BCE05B

tetradic

#5BBCE0 #C25BE0 #E07F5B #7AE05B

square

#5BBCE0 #C25BE0 #E07F5B #7AE05B

split-complementary

#5BBCE0 #E05B7A #E0C25B

monochromatic

#1F7EA2 #28A7D5 #5BBCE0 #8ED1EA #C2E6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#5BBCE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#5BBCE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCE0

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCE0	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B8E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AAE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbce0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.104 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d0e9',
    500: '#5bbce0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbce0;
$custom-light: #95d0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbce0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.241,
    "s": 68.205,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75069,
    "c": 0.10444,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCE0

secondary

#E4C0B3

accent

#4815D0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCE0

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

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