#5BC1DC#5BC1DC

#5BC1DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.102 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC1DC
RGB	rgb(91, 193, 220)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(193, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 12.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, -21.89, -22.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 31.34, 225.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.0804 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.102 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2975, 45.5278, 74.5711)
Luminance	0.4553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC1DC #DC765B

analogous

#5BDCB6 #5BC1DC #5B80DC

triadic

#5BC1DC #DC5BC1 #C1DC5B

tetradic

#5BC1DC #B65BDC #DC765B #80DC5B

square

#5BC1DC #B65BDC #DC765B #80DC5B

split-complementary

#5BC1DC #DC5B80 #DCB65B

monochromatic

#21829B #2CACCE #5BC1DC #8DD4E7 #C0E7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#5BC1DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#5BC1DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC1DC

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC1DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC1DC	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc1dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 193, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.102 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d4e7',
    500: '#5bc1dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc1dc;
$custom-light: #95d4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc1dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.558,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76061,
    "c": 0.10175,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC1DC

secondary

#E2BBB1

accent

#3E19CD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC1DC

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

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