#5BC2ED#5BC2ED

#5BC2ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.113 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC2ED
RGB	rgb(91, 194, 237)
HSL	hsl(198, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 18.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, -17.34, -30.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 34.87, 240.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% -0.0752 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.113 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8862, 46.9182, 87.1111)
Luminance	0.4692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC2ED #ED865B

analogous

#5BEDCF #5BC2ED #5B79ED

triadic

#5BC2ED #ED5BC2 #C2ED5B

tetradic

#5BC2ED #CF5BED #ED865B #79ED5B

square

#5BC2ED #CF5BED #ED865B #79ED5B

split-complementary

#5BC2ED #ED5B79 #EDCF5B

monochromatic

#1489B9 #24ADE7 #5BC2ED #92D7F3 #C9EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#5BC2ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#5BC2ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC2ED

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC2ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC2ED	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97B0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc2ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 194, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.113 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d4f3',
    500: '#5bc2ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc2ed;
$custom-light: #96d4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc2ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.671,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76983,
    "c": 0.11312,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC2ED

secondary

#EBC7B9

accent

#4709DD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC2ED

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

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