#5BC4DD#5BC4DD

#5BC4DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.103 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC4DD
RGB	rgb(91, 196, 221)
HSL	hsl(192, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(192, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 11.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, -23.12, -21.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 31.64, 223.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.0832 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.103 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1002, 46.9208, 75.4940)
Luminance	0.4692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC4DD #DD745B

analogous

#5BDDB5 #5BC4DD #5B83DD

triadic

#5BC4DD #DD5BC4 #C4DD5B

tetradic

#5BC4DD #B55BDD #DD745B #83DD5B

square

#5BC4DD #B55BDD #DD745B #83DD5B

split-complementary

#5BC4DD #DD5B83 #DDB55B

monochromatic

#21859D #2BB0D0 #5BC4DD #8ED6E8 #C0E8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#5BC4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#5BC4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC4DD

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC4DD	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 196, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.103 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d6e7',
    500: '#5bc4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc4dd;
$custom-light: #95d6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.538,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76794,
    "c": 0.10259,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC4DD

secondary

#E2BBB1

accent

#3B18CE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC4DD

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

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