#5BC3EC#5BC3EC

#5BC3EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.112 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC3EC
RGB	rgb(91, 195, 236)
HSL	hsl(197, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 17.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, -18.16, -29.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 34.50, 238.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.17% -0.0766 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(77.17% 0.112 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.9639, 47.3065, 86.4183)
Luminance	0.4731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC3EC #EC845B

analogous

#5BECCD #5BC3EC #5B7BEC

triadic

#5BC3EC #EC5BC3 #C3EC5B

tetradic

#5BC3EC #CD5BEC #EC845B #7BEC5B

square

#5BC3EC #CD5BEC #EC845B #7BEC5B

split-complementary

#5BC3EC #EC5B7B #ECCD5B

monochromatic

#158AB7 #24AFE6 #5BC3EC #92D7F2 #C9EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#5BC3EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#5BC3EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC3EC

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC3EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC3EC	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc3ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 195, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.112 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d5f2',
    500: '#5bc3ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc3ec;
$custom-light: #96d5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc3ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.966,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77168,
    "c": 0.11211,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC3EC

secondary

#EBC6B8

accent

#450ADC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC3EC

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

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