#5BC3DF#5BC3DF

#5BC3DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.104 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC3DF
RGB	rgb(91, 195, 223)
HSL	hsl(193, 67%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(193, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 12.6%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, -22.03, -23.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 31.86, 226.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% -0.0814 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.104 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1434, 46.5784, 76.8308)
Luminance	0.4658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC3DF #DF775B

analogous

#5BDFB9 #5BC3DF #5B81DF

triadic

#5BC3DF #DF5BC3 #C3DF5B

tetradic

#5BC3DF #B95BDF #DF775B #81DF5B

square

#5BC3DF #B95BDF #DF775B #81DF5B

split-complementary

#5BC3DF #DF5B81 #DFB95B

monochromatic

#1F85A0 #29AFD4 #5BC3DF #8ED6E9 #C1E8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#5BC3DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#5BC3DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC3DF

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC3DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC3DF	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)

#B1BEE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAFDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc3df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 195, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.104 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d5e9',
    500: '#5bc3df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc3df;
$custom-light: #95d5e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc3df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.727,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76641,
    "c": 0.10353,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC3DF

secondary

#E3BDB2

accent

#3D16CF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC3DF

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

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