#5BC0D8#5BC0D8

#5BC0D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.100 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC0D8
RGB	rgb(91, 192, 216)
HSL	hsl(192, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(192, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 11.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -22.55, -20.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 30.75, 222.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% -0.0809 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.1 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5537, 44.8778, 71.7410)
Luminance	0.4488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC0D8 #D8735B

analogous

#5BD8B1 #5BC0D8 #5B81D8

triadic

#5BC0D8 #D85BC0 #C0D85B

tetradic

#5BC0D8 #B15BD8 #D8735B #81D85B

square

#5BC0D8 #B15BD8 #D8735B #81D85B

split-complementary

#5BC0D8 #D85B81 #D8B15B

monochromatic

#237F95 #2FAAC7 #5BC0D8 #8CD3E4 #BEE6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#5BC0D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#5BC0D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC0D8

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC0D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC0D8	1.00	2.11	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBBD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DADD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc0d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 192, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.100 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d3e4',
    500: '#5bc0d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc0d8;
$custom-light: #94d3e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc0d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.52,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75673,
    "c": 0.09957,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC0D8

secondary

#DFB9AF

accent

#3D1CC9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC0D8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →