#5BC1E7#5BC1E7

#5BC1E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.109 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC1E7
RGB	rgb(91, 193, 231)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 16.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.63, -18.63, -27.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.63, 33.46, 236.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% -0.0763 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.109 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.8025, 46.1298, 82.4976)
Luminance	0.4613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC1E7 #E7815B

analogous

#5BE7C7 #5BC1E7 #5B7BE7

triadic

#5BC1E7 #E75BC1 #C1E75B

tetradic

#5BC1E7 #C75BE7 #E7815B #7BE75B

square

#5BC1E7 #C75BE7 #E7815B #7BE75B

split-complementary

#5BC1E7 #E75B7B #E7C75B

monochromatic

#1986AE #26ADDF #5BC1E7 #90D5EF #C6E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#5BC1E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#5BC1E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC1E7

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC1E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC1E7	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBDE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AEE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc1e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 193, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.109 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d3ee',
    500: '#5bc1e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc1e7;
$custom-light: #96d3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc1e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.286,
    "s": 74.468,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76504,
    "c": 0.10876,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC1E7

secondary

#E8C3B6

accent

#450FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC1E7

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

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