#5BC1EC#5BC1EC

#5BC1EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.113 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC1EC
RGB	rgb(91, 193, 236)
HSL	hsl(198, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 18.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, -17.12, -30.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 34.73, 240.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% -0.0745 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.113 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5187, 46.4163, 86.2699)
Luminance	0.4642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC1EC #EC865B

analogous

#5BECCF #5BC1EC #5B79EC

triadic

#5BC1EC #EC5BC1 #C1EC5B

tetradic

#5BC1EC #CF5BEC #EC865B #79EC5B

square

#5BC1EC #CF5BEC #EC865B #79EC5B

split-complementary

#5BC1EC #EC5B79 #ECCF5B

monochromatic

#1587B7 #24ACE6 #5BC1EC #92D6F2 #C9EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#5BC1EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#5BC1EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC1EC

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC1EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC1EC	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBEEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AFEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc1ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 193, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.113 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d3f2',
    500: '#5bc1ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc1ec;
$custom-light: #96d3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc1ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.793,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76713,
    "c": 0.11257,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC1EC

secondary

#EBC7B8

accent

#480ADC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC1EC

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

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