#5BC3DC#5BC3DC

#5BC3DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.102 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC3DC
RGB	rgb(91, 195, 220)
HSL	hsl(192, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(192, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 11.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.82, -22.90, -21.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.82, 31.45, 223.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.0826 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.102 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7426, 46.4180, 74.7195)
Luminance	0.4642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC3DC #DC745B

analogous

#5BDCB4 #5BC3DC #5B82DC

triadic

#5BC3DC #DC5BC3 #C3DC5B

tetradic

#5BC3DC #B45BDC #DC745B #82DC5B

square

#5BC3DC #B45BDC #DC745B #82DC5B

split-complementary

#5BC3DC #DC5B82 #DCB45B

monochromatic

#21849B #2CAECE #5BC3DC #8DD5E7 #C0E8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#5BC3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#5BC3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC3DC

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC3DC	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 195, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.102 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d5e7',
    500: '#5bc3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc3dc;
$custom-light: #95d5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.628,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76524,
    "c": 0.10196,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC3DC

secondary

#E2BBB1

accent

#3C19CD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC3DC

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

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