#5BC1E8#5BC1E8

#5BC1E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.109 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC1E8
RGB	rgb(91, 193, 232)
HSL	hsl(197, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 16.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.67, -18.33, -28.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.67, 33.70, 237.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.076 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.109 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9441, 46.1865, 83.2435)
Luminance	0.4619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC1E8 #E8825B

analogous

#5BE8C9 #5BC1E8 #5B7AE8

triadic

#5BC1E8 #E85BC1 #C1E85B

tetradic

#5BC1E8 #C95BE8 #E8825B #7AE85B

square

#5BC1E8 #C95BE8 #E8825B #7AE85B

split-complementary

#5BC1E8 #E85B7A #E8C95B

monochromatic

#1986B0 #25ADE0 #5BC1E8 #91D5F0 #C6EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#5BC1E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#5BC1E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC1E8

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC1E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC1E8	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBDEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AFE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc1e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 193, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.109 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d3ef',
    500: '#5bc1e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc1e8;
$custom-light: #96d3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc1e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.596,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76545,
    "c": 0.10949,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC1E8

secondary

#E9C4B6

accent

#460ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC1E8

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

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