#5BC0E4#5BC0E4

#5BC0E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.107 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC0E4
RGB	rgb(91, 192, 228)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 15.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, -19.01, -26.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 32.84, 234.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.0764 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.107 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1621, 45.5212, 80.2118)
Luminance	0.4552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC0E4 #E47F5B

analogous

#5BE4C3 #5BC0E4 #5B7CE4

triadic

#5BC0E4 #E45BC0 #C0E45B

tetradic

#5BC0E4 #C35BE4 #E47F5B #7CE45B

square

#5BC0E4 #C35BE4 #E47F5B #7CE45B

split-complementary

#5BC0E4 #E45B7C #E4C35B

monochromatic

#1C84A9 #26ACDB #5BC0E4 #90D4ED #C4E8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#5BC0E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#5BC0E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC0E4

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC0E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC0E4	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBCE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ADE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc0e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 192, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.107 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d3ec',
    500: '#5bc0e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc0e4;
$custom-light: #95d3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc0e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.766,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76151,
    "c": 0.10676,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC0E4

secondary

#E6C2B4

accent

#4512D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC0E4

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

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