#5BC0E5#5BC0E5

#5BC0E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.107 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC0E5
RGB	rgb(91, 192, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 16.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.27, -18.71, -27.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.27, 33.07, 235.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.076 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.107 225)
XYZ	xyz(37.3013, 45.5768, 80.9450)
Luminance	0.4558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC0E5 #E5805B

analogous

#5BE5C5 #5BC0E5 #5B7BE5

triadic

#5BC0E5 #E55BC0 #C0E55B

tetradic

#5BC0E5 #C55BE5 #E5805B #7BE55B

square

#5BC0E5 #C55BE5 #E5805B #7BE55B

split-complementary

#5BC0E5 #E55B7B #E5C55B

monochromatic

#1B84AB #26ACDD #5BC0E5 #90D4ED #C5E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#5BC0E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#5BC0E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC0E5

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC0E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC0E5	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBCE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AEE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc0e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 192, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.107 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d3ed',
    500: '#5bc0e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc0e5;
$custom-light: #95d3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc0e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.087,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76193,
    "c": 0.10747,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.45581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC0E5

secondary

#E7C2B5

accent

#4511D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC0E5

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

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