#5BC4E3#5BC4E3

#5BC4E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.106 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC4E3
RGB	rgb(91, 196, 227)
HSL	hsl(194, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 13.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, -21.36, -24.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 32.53, 228.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.081 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.106 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9139, 47.2463, 79.7795)
Luminance	0.4725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC4E3 #E37A5B

analogous

#5BE3BE #5BC4E3 #5B80E3

triadic

#5BC4E3 #E35BC4 #C4E35B

tetradic

#5BC4E3 #BE5BE3 #E37A5B #80E35B

square

#5BC4E3 #BE5BE3 #E37A5B #80E35B

split-complementary

#5BC4E3 #E35B80 #E3BE5B

monochromatic

#1D87A7 #27B1DA #5BC4E3 #8FD7EC #C4EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#5BC4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#5BC4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC4E3

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC4E3	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BFE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB1E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 196, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.106 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d6eb',
    500: '#5bc4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc4e3;
$custom-light: #96d6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.676,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7703,
    "c": 0.10587,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC4E3

secondary

#E6BFB4

accent

#3E13D3

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC4E3

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

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