#5BC1DD#5BC1DD

#5BC1DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.102 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC1DD
RGB	rgb(91, 193, 221)
HSL	hsl(193, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(193, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 12.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.27, -21.60, -22.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.27, 31.49, 226.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.0801 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.102 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4303, 45.5809, 75.2707)
Luminance	0.4558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC1DD #DD775B

analogous

#5BDDB8 #5BC1DD #5B80DD

triadic

#5BC1DD #DD5BC1 #C1DD5B

tetradic

#5BC1DD #B85BDD #DD775B #80DD5B

square

#5BC1DD #B85BDD #DD775B #80DD5B

split-complementary

#5BC1DD #DD5B80 #DDB85B

monochromatic

#21829D #2BACD0 #5BC1DD #8ED4E8 #C0E7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#5BC1DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#5BC1DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC1DD

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC1DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC1DD	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc1dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 193, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.102 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d4e7',
    500: '#5bc1dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc1dd;
$custom-light: #95d4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc1dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.923,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.761,
    "c": 0.1023,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC1DD

secondary

#E2BCB1

accent

#3F18CE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC1DD

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

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