#5BC2E5#5BC2E5

#5BC2E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.107 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC2E5
RGB	rgb(91, 194, 229)
HSL	hsl(195, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 15.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -19.75, -26.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 32.96, 233.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% -0.0781 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.107 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7434, 46.4611, 81.0923)
Luminance	0.4647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC2E5 #E57E5B

analogous

#5BE5C3 #5BC2E5 #5B7DE5

triadic

#5BC2E5 #E55BC2 #C2E55B

tetradic

#5BC2E5 #C35BE5 #E57E5B #7DE55B

square

#5BC2E5 #C35BE5 #E57E5B #7DE55B

split-complementary

#5BC2E5 #E55B7D #E5C35B

monochromatic

#1B86AB #26AEDD #5BC2E5 #90D6ED #C5E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#5BC2E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#5BC2E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC2E5

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC2E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC2E5	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBEE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAFE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc2e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 194, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.107 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d4ed',
    500: '#5bc2e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc2e5;
$custom-light: #96d4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc2e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.217,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76651,
    "c": 0.10723,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC2E5

secondary

#E7C2B5

accent

#4211D5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC2E5

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

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