#5BC4E4#5BC4E4

#5BC4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.106 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC4E4
RGB	rgb(91, 196, 228)
HSL	hsl(194, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 14%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.38, -21.07, -25.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.38, 32.71, 229.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.0806 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.106 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.0523, 47.3016, 80.5085)
Luminance	0.4731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC4E4 #E47B5B

analogous

#5BE4C0 #5BC4E4 #5B7FE4

triadic

#5BC4E4 #E45BC4 #C4E45B

tetradic

#5BC4E4 #C05BE4 #E47B5B #7FE45B

square

#5BC4E4 #C05BE4 #E47B5B #7FE45B

split-complementary

#5BC4E4 #E45B7F #E4C05B

monochromatic

#1C88A9 #26B1DB #5BC4E4 #90D7ED #C4EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#5BC4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#5BC4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC4E4

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC4E4	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BFE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB1E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 196, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.106 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d6ec',
    500: '#5bc4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc4e4;
$custom-light: #96d6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.015,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7707,
    "c": 0.10648,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC4E4

secondary

#E6C0B4

accent

#3F12D4

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC4E4

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

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