#5BC4E1#5BC4E1

#5BC4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.105 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC4E1
RGB	rgb(91, 196, 225)
HSL	hsl(193, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 12.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.28, -21.95, -23.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.28, 32.20, 227.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.95% -0.0817 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(76.95% 0.105 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6395, 47.1365, 78.3342)
Luminance	0.4714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC4E1 #E1785B

analogous

#5BE1BB #5BC4E1 #5B81E1

triadic

#5BC4E1 #E15BC4 #C4E15B

tetradic

#5BC4E1 #BB5BE1 #E1785B #81E15B

square

#5BC4E1 #BB5BE1 #E1785B #81E15B

split-complementary

#5BC4E1 #E15B81 #E1BB5B

monochromatic

#1E87A4 #27B1D7 #5BC4E1 #8FD7EA #C2E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#5BC4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#5BC4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC4E1

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC4E1	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BFE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB0E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 196, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.105 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d6ea',
    500: '#5bc4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc4e1;
$custom-light: #95d6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.985,
    "s": 69.072,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76951,
    "c": 0.1047,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC4E1

secondary

#E5BEB3

accent

#3D14D1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC4E1

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

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