#5BC2D9#5BC2D9

#5BC2D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.100 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC2D9
RGB	rgb(91, 194, 217)
HSL	hsl(191, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 10.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, -23.27, -20.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 31.02, 221.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.0827 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.1 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1255, 45.8139, 72.5713)
Luminance	0.4582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC2D9 #D9725B

analogous

#5BD9B1 #5BC2D9 #5B83D9

triadic

#5BC2D9 #D95BC2 #C2D95B

tetradic

#5BC2D9 #B15BD9 #D9725B #83D95B

square

#5BC2D9 #B15BD9 #D9725B #83D95B

split-complementary

#5BC2D9 #D95B83 #D9B15B

monochromatic

#238297 #2EACC8 #5BC2D9 #8DD4E5 #BEE7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#5BC2D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#5BC2D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC2D9

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC2D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC2D9	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BCDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc2d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 194, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.100 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d4e4',
    500: '#5bc2d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc2d9;
$custom-light: #94d4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc2d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.952,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76176,
    "c": 0.10037,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC2D9

secondary

#E0B9B0

accent

#3B1BCA

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC2D9

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

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