#5BBCEC#5BBCEC

#5BBCEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.114 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCEC
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 236)
HSL	hsl(200, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 20.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -14.50, -32.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 35.50, 245.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.0694 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.114 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4321, 44.2430, 85.9077)
Luminance	0.4425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCEC #EC8B5B

analogous

#5BECD4 #5BBCEC #5B74EC

triadic

#5BBCEC #EC5BBC #BCEC5B

tetradic

#5BBCEC #D45BEC #EC8B5B #74EC5B

square

#5BBCEC #D45BEC #EC8B5B #74EC5B

split-complementary

#5BBCEC #EC5B74 #ECD45B

monochromatic

#1582B7 #24A6E6 #5BBCEC #92D2F2 #C9E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#5BBCEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#5BBCEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCEC

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCEC	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90ABEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.114 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d0f2',
    500: '#5bbcec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbcec;
$custom-light: #96d0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.862,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75578,
    "c": 0.11415,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCEC

secondary

#EBC9B8

accent

#4F0ADC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCEC

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

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