#5BC1E1#5BC1E1

#5BC1E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.105 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC1E1
RGB	rgb(91, 193, 225)
HSL	hsl(194, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 14.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -20.42, -24.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 32.19, 230.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.0785 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.105 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9696, 45.7966, 78.1109)
Luminance	0.4580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC1E1 #E17B5B

analogous

#5BE1BE #5BC1E1 #5B7EE1

triadic

#5BC1E1 #E15BC1 #C1E15B

tetradic

#5BC1E1 #BE5BE1 #E17B5B #7EE15B

square

#5BC1E1 #BE5BE1 #E17B5B #7EE15B

split-complementary

#5BC1E1 #E15B7E #E1BE5B

monochromatic

#1E84A4 #27ADD7 #5BC1E1 #8FD5EA #C2E8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#5BC1E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#5BC1E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC1E1

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC1E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC1E1	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBDE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAEE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc1e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 193, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.105 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d3ea',
    500: '#5bc1e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc1e1;
$custom-light: #95d3ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc1e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.328,
    "s": 69.072,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76259,
    "c": 0.10468,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC1E1

secondary

#E5BFB3

accent

#4114D1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC1E1

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

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