#5BC3ED#5BC3ED

#5BC3ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.113 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC3ED
RGB	rgb(91, 195, 237)
HSL	hsl(197, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 17.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.42, -17.86, -29.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.42, 34.76, 239.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% -0.0762 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.113 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1095, 47.3648, 87.1856)
Luminance	0.4737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC3ED #ED855B

analogous

#5BEDCE #5BC3ED #5B7AED

triadic

#5BC3ED #ED5BC3 #C3ED5B

tetradic

#5BC3ED #CE5BED #ED855B #7AED5B

square

#5BC3ED #CE5BED #ED855B #7AED5B

split-complementary

#5BC3ED #ED5B7A #EDCE5B

monochromatic

#148AB9 #24AFE7 #5BC3ED #92D7F3 #C9EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#5BC3ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#5BC3ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC3ED

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC3ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC3ED	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc3ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 195, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.113 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d5f3',
    500: '#5bc3ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc3ed;
$custom-light: #96d5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc3ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.26,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7721,
    "c": 0.11287,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC3ED

secondary

#EBC7B9

accent

#4609DD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC3ED

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

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