#5BC2E6#5BC2E6

#5BC2E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.108 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC2E6
RGB	rgb(91, 194, 230)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 15.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -19.45, -26.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 33.17, 234.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% -0.0777 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.108 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8835, 46.5171, 81.8298)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC2E6 #E67F5B

analogous

#5BE6C5 #5BC2E6 #5B7CE6

triadic

#5BC2E6 #E65BC2 #C2E65B

tetradic

#5BC2E6 #C55BE6 #E67F5B #7CE65B

square

#5BC2E6 #C55BE6 #E67F5B #7CE65B

split-complementary

#5BC2E6 #E65B7C #E6C55B

monochromatic

#1A86AC #26AEDE #5BC2E6 #90D6EE #C5EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#5BC2E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#5BC2E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC2E6

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC2E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC2E6	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBEE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAFE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc2e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 194, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.108 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d4ee',
    500: '#5bc2e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc2e6;
$custom-light: #96d4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc2e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.54,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76692,
    "c": 0.10792,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC2E6

secondary

#E7C2B5

accent

#4310D6

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC2E6

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

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