#5BC0E6#5BC0E6

#5BC0E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.108 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC0E6
RGB	rgb(91, 192, 230)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 16.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, -18.41, -27.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 33.30, 236.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% -0.0756 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.108 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4413, 45.6329, 81.6824)
Luminance	0.4564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC0E6 #E6815B

analogous

#5BE6C7 #5BC0E6 #5B7AE6

triadic

#5BC0E6 #E65BC0 #C0E65B

tetradic

#5BC0E6 #C75BE6 #E6815B #7AE65B

square

#5BC0E6 #C75BE6 #E6815B #7AE65B

split-complementary

#5BC0E6 #E65B7A #E6C75B

monochromatic

#1A84AC #26ACDE #5BC0E6 #90D4EE #C5E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#5BC0E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#5BC0E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC0E6

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC0E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC0E6	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBCE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AEE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc0e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 192, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.108 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d3ee',
    500: '#5bc0e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc0e6;
$custom-light: #96d3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc0e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.403,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76234,
    "c": 0.10819,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC0E6

secondary

#E7C3B5

accent

#4610D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC0E6

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

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