#5BC1E2#5BC1E2

#5BC1E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.105 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC1E2
RGB	rgb(91, 193, 226)
HSL	hsl(195, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 14.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, -20.12, -25.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 32.38, 231.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% -0.0782 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.105 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1064, 45.8514, 78.8314)
Luminance	0.4586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC1E2 #E27C5B

analogous

#5BE2C0 #5BC1E2 #5B7DE2

triadic

#5BC1E2 #E25BC1 #C1E25B

tetradic

#5BC1E2 #C05BE2 #E27C5B #7DE25B

square

#5BC1E2 #C05BE2 #E27C5B #7DE25B

split-complementary

#5BC1E2 #E25B7D #E2C05B

monochromatic

#1D84A5 #27ADD9 #5BC1E2 #8FD5EB #C3E8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#5BC1E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#5BC1E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC1E2

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC1E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC1E2	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)

#AEBDE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAEE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc1e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 193, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.105 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d3eb',
    500: '#5bc1e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc1e2;
$custom-light: #95d3eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc1e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.667,
    "s": 69.948,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.763,
    "c": 0.10532,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC1E2

secondary

#E5C0B4

accent

#4214D2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC1E2

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

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