#5BC0E8#5BC0E8

#5BC0E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.110 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC0E8
RGB	rgb(91, 192, 232)
HSL	hsl(197, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 17.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.38, -17.81, -28.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.38, 33.79, 238.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.0749 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.11 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7238, 45.7458, 83.1701)
Luminance	0.4575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC0E8 #E8835B

analogous

#5BE8C9 #5BC0E8 #5B79E8

triadic

#5BC0E8 #E85BC0 #C0E85B

tetradic

#5BC0E8 #C95BE8 #E8835B #79E85B

square

#5BC0E8 #C95BE8 #E8835B #79E85B

split-complementary

#5BC0E8 #E85B79 #E8C95B

monochromatic

#1985B0 #25ABE0 #5BC0E8 #91D5F0 #C6E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#5BC0E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#5BC0E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC0E8

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC0E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC0E8	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBDEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AEE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc0e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 192, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.110 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d3ef',
    500: '#5bc0e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc0e8;
$custom-light: #96d3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc0e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.021,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76317,
    "c": 0.10969,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC0E8

secondary

#E9C5B6

accent

#470ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC0E8

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

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