#5BC2E2#5BC2E2

#5BC2E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.105 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC2E2
RGB	rgb(91, 194, 226)
HSL	hsl(194, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 14.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, -20.64, -24.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 32.36, 230.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% -0.0792 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.105 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3282, 46.2950, 78.9054)
Luminance	0.4630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC2E2 #E27B5B

analogous

#5BE2BE #5BC2E2 #5B7FE2

triadic

#5BC2E2 #E25BC2 #C2E25B

tetradic

#5BC2E2 #BE5BE2 #E27B5B #7FE25B

square

#5BC2E2 #BE5BE2 #E27B5B #7FE25B

split-complementary

#5BC2E2 #E25B7F #E2BE5B

monochromatic

#1D85A5 #27AFD9 #5BC2E2 #8FD5EB #C3E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#5BC2E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#5BC2E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC2E2

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC2E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC2E2	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBDE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAFE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc2e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 194, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.105 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d4eb',
    500: '#5bc2e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc2e2;
$custom-light: #95d4eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc2e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.222,
    "s": 69.948,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7653,
    "c": 0.10528,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC2E2

secondary

#E5BFB4

accent

#4114D2

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC2E2

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

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