#5BC4E2#5BC4E2

#5BC4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.105 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC4E2
RGB	rgb(91, 196, 226)
HSL	hsl(193, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 13.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.31, -21.66, -24.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.31, 32.36, 227.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.0813 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.105 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7763, 47.1912, 79.0548)
Luminance	0.4719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC4E2 #E2795B

analogous

#5BE2BC #5BC4E2 #5B81E2

triadic

#5BC4E2 #E25BC4 #C4E25B

tetradic

#5BC4E2 #BC5BE2 #E2795B #81E25B

square

#5BC4E2 #BC5BE2 #E2795B #81E25B

split-complementary

#5BC4E2 #E25B81 #E2BC5B

monochromatic

#1D87A5 #27B1D9 #5BC4E2 #8FD7EB #C3E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#5BC4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#5BC4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC4E2

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC4E2	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BFE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB0E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 196, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.105 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d6eb',
    500: '#5bc4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc4e2;
$custom-light: #95d6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 69.948,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7699,
    "c": 0.10527,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC4E2

secondary

#E5BFB4

accent

#3E14D2

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC4E2

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

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