#5BC2E0#5BC2E0

#5BC2E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.104 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC2E0
RGB	rgb(91, 194, 224)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 59%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 13.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.67, -21.23, -23.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.67, 32.00, 228.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.45% -0.08 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(76.45% 0.104 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0554, 46.1859, 77.4685)
Luminance	0.4619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC2E0 #E0795B

analogous

#5BE0BC #5BC2E0 #5B80E0

triadic

#5BC2E0 #E05BC2 #C2E05B

tetradic

#5BC2E0 #BC5BE0 #E0795B #80E05B

square

#5BC2E0 #BC5BE0 #E0795B #80E05B

split-complementary

#5BC2E0 #E05B80 #E0BC5B

monochromatic

#1F84A2 #28AED5 #5BC2E0 #8ED5EA #C2E8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#5BC2E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#5BC2E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC2E0

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC2E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC2E0	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)

#AFBDE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAFE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc2e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 194, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.104 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d4e9',
    500: '#5bc2e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc2e0;
$custom-light: #95d4e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc2e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.534,
    "s": 68.205,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7645,
    "c": 0.10407,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC2E0

secondary

#E4BEB3

accent

#3F15D0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC2E0

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

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