#5BC1E5#5BC1E5

#5BC1E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.107 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC1E5
RGB	rgb(91, 193, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 15.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, -19.23, -26.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 33.01, 234.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.0771 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.107 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5216, 46.0175, 81.0184)
Luminance	0.4602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC1E5 #E57F5B

analogous

#5BE5C4 #5BC1E5 #5B7CE5

triadic

#5BC1E5 #E55BC1 #C1E55B

tetradic

#5BC1E5 #C45BE5 #E57F5B #7CE55B

square

#5BC1E5 #C45BE5 #E57F5B #7CE55B

split-complementary

#5BC1E5 #E55B7C #E5C45B

monochromatic

#1B85AB #26ADDD #5BC1E5 #90D5ED #C5E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#5BC1E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#5BC1E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC1E5

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC1E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC1E5	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)

#ADBDE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AEE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc1e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 193, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.107 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d3ed',
    500: '#5bc1e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc1e5;
$custom-light: #96d3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc1e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76422,
    "c": 0.10734,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC1E5

secondary

#E7C2B5

accent

#4411D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC1E5

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

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