#5BC4DC#5BC4DC

#5BC4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.102 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC4DC
RGB	rgb(91, 196, 220)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(191, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 10.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -23.41, -21.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 31.52, 222.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.0836 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.102 215)
XYZ	xyz(36.9674, 46.8676, 74.7944)
Luminance	0.4687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC4DC #DC735B

analogous

#5BDCB3 #5BC4DC #5B83DC

triadic

#5BC4DC #DC5BC4 #C4DC5B

tetradic

#5BC4DC #B35BDC #DC735B #83DC5B

square

#5BC4DC #B35BDC #DC735B #83DC5B

split-complementary

#5BC4DC #DC5B83 #DCB35B

monochromatic

#21859B #2CB0CE #5BC4DC #8DD6E7 #C0E8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#5BC4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#5BC4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC4DC

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC4DC	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 196, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.102 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d6e6',
    500: '#5bc4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc4dc;
$custom-light: #95d6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.163,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76756,
    "c": 0.10211,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.46871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC4DC

secondary

#E2BAB1

accent

#3A19CD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC4DC

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

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