#5BC2E9#5BC2E9

#5BC2E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.110 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC2E9
RGB	rgb(91, 194, 233)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 16.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -18.55, -28.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 33.86, 236.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.0766 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.11 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3084, 46.6871, 84.0676)
Luminance	0.4669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC2E9 #E9825B

analogous

#5BE9C9 #5BC2E9 #5B7BE9

triadic

#5BC2E9 #E95BC2 #C2E95B

tetradic

#5BC2E9 #C95BE9 #E9825B #7BE95B

square

#5BC2E9 #C95BE9 #E9825B #7BE95B

split-complementary

#5BC2E9 #E95B7B #E9C95B

monochromatic

#1887B2 #25AEE2 #5BC2E9 #91D6F0 #C7EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#5BC2E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#5BC2E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC2E9

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC2E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC2E9	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBEEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AFE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc2e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 194, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.110 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d4f0',
    500: '#5bc2e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc2e9;
$custom-light: #96d4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc2e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.479,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76815,
    "c": 0.11005,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC2E9

secondary

#E9C5B7

accent

#450DD9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC2E9

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

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