#5BC0EA#5BC0EA

#5BC0EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.111 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC0EA
RGB	rgb(91, 192, 234)
HSL	hsl(198, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 17.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, -17.21, -29.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 34.31, 239.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.0742 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.111 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0095, 45.8601, 84.6747)
Luminance	0.4586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC0EA #EA855B

analogous

#5BEACC #5BC0EA #5B78EA

triadic

#5BC0EA #EA5BC0 #C0EA5B

tetradic

#5BC0EA #CC5BEA #EA855B #78EA5B

square

#5BC0EA #CC5BEA #EA855B #78EA5B

split-complementary

#5BC0EA #EA5B78 #EACC5B

monochromatic

#1786B4 #25ABE3 #5BC0EA #91D5F1 #C8EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#5BC0EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#5BC0EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC0EA

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC0EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC0EA	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABDEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AEE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc0ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 192, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.111 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d3f0',
    500: '#5bc0ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc0ea;
$custom-light: #96d3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc0ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.622,
    "s": 77.297,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76401,
    "c": 0.11124,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC0EA

secondary

#EAC6B7

accent

#480CDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC0EA

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

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