#5BC2E7#5BC2E7

#5BC2E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.109 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC2E7
RGB	rgb(91, 194, 231)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 16%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, -19.15, -27.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 33.39, 235.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% -0.0774 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.109 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0243, 46.5734, 82.5715)
Luminance	0.4658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC2E7 #E7805B

analogous

#5BE7C6 #5BC2E7 #5B7CE7

triadic

#5BC2E7 #E75BC2 #C2E75B

tetradic

#5BC2E7 #C65BE7 #E7805B #7CE75B

square

#5BC2E7 #C65BE7 #E7805B #7CE75B

split-complementary

#5BC2E7 #E75B7C #E7C65B

monochromatic

#1987AE #26AEDF #5BC2E7 #90D6EF #C6EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#5BC2E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#5BC2E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC2E7

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC2E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC2E7	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBEE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AFE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc2e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 194, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.109 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d4ee',
    500: '#5bc2e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc2e7;
$custom-light: #96d4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc2e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.857,
    "s": 74.468,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76733,
    "c": 0.10861,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC2E7

secondary

#E8C3B6

accent

#440FD7

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC2E7

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

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