#5BC0EC#5BC0EC

#5BC0EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.113 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC0EC
RGB	rgb(91, 192, 236)
HSL	hsl(198, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 18.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, -16.60, -30.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 34.86, 241.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.0735 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.113 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2984, 45.9757, 86.1965)
Luminance	0.4598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC0EC #EC875B

analogous

#5BECD0 #5BC0EC #5B78EC

triadic

#5BC0EC #EC5BC0 #C0EC5B

tetradic

#5BC0EC #D05BEC #EC875B #78EC5B

square

#5BC0EC #D05BEC #EC875B #78EC5B

split-complementary

#5BC0EC #EC5B78 #ECD05B

monochromatic

#1586B7 #24ABE6 #5BC0EC #92D5F2 #C9EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#5BC0EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#5BC0EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC0EC

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC0EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC0EC	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BDEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc0ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 192, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.113 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d3f2',
    500: '#5bc0ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc0ec;
$custom-light: #96d3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc0ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.207,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76486,
    "c": 0.11284,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC0EC

secondary

#EBC7B8

accent

#4A0ADC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC0EC

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

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