#5BC3EA#5BC3EA

#5BC3EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.111 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC3EA
RGB	rgb(91, 195, 234)
HSL	hsl(196, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 16.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.31, -18.76, -28.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.31, 34.01, 236.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% -0.0773 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.111 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6749, 47.1910, 84.8965)
Luminance	0.4719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC3EA #EA825B

analogous

#5BEAC9 #5BC3EA #5B7BEA

triadic

#5BC3EA #EA5BC3 #C3EA5B

tetradic

#5BC3EA #C95BEA #EA825B #7BEA5B

square

#5BC3EA #C95BEA #EA825B #7BEA5B

split-complementary

#5BC3EA #EA5B7B #EAC95B

monochromatic

#1789B4 #25AFE3 #5BC3EA #91D7F1 #C8EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#5BC3EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#5BC3EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC3EA

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC3EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC3EA	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc3ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 195, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.111 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d5f0',
    500: '#5bc3ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc3ea;
$custom-light: #96d5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc3ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 77.297,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77085,
    "c": 0.11062,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC3EA

secondary

#EAC5B7

accent

#440CDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC3EA

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

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