#5BC3E8#5BC3E8

#5BC3E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.109 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC3E8
RGB	rgb(91, 195, 232)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 15.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.24, -19.36, -27.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.24, 33.55, 234.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.078 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.109 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3892, 47.0767, 83.3919)
Luminance	0.4708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC3E8 #E8805B

analogous

#5BE8C7 #5BC3E8 #5B7CE8

triadic

#5BC3E8 #E85BC3 #C3E85B

tetradic

#5BC3E8 #C75BE8 #E8805B #7CE85B

square

#5BC3E8 #C75BE8 #E8805B #7CE85B

split-complementary

#5BC3E8 #E85B7C #E8C75B

monochromatic

#1988B0 #25AFE0 #5BC3E8 #91D7F0 #C6EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#5BC3E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#5BC3E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC3E8

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC3E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC3E8	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBFEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc3e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 195, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.109 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d5ef',
    500: '#5bc3e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc3e8;
$custom-light: #96d5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc3e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.745,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77003,
    "c": 0.10918,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC3E8

secondary

#E9C3B6

accent

#430ED8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC3E8

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

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