#5BC3EB#5BC3EB

#5BC3EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.111 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC3EB
RGB	rgb(91, 195, 235)
HSL	hsl(197, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 17%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, -18.46, -28.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 34.26, 237.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% -0.077 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.111 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8190, 47.2486, 85.6553)
Luminance	0.4725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC3EB #EB835B

analogous

#5BEBCB #5BC3EB #5B7BEB

triadic

#5BC3EB #EB5BC3 #C3EB5B

tetradic

#5BC3EB #CB5BEB #EB835B #7BEB5B

square

#5BC3EB #CB5BEB #EB835B #7BEB5B

split-complementary

#5BC3EB #EB5B7B #EBCB5B

monochromatic

#1689B5 #24AFE4 #5BC3EB #92D7F2 #C8EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#5BC3EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#5BC3EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC3EB

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC3EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC3EB	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBFED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc3eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 195, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.111 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d5f1',
    500: '#5bc3eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc3eb;
$custom-light: #96d5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc3eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 78.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77127,
    "c": 0.11135,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC3EB

secondary

#EAC6B8

accent

#450BDB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC3EB

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

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