#5BC4E5#5BC4E5

#5BC4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.107 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC4E5
RGB	rgb(91, 196, 229)
HSL	hsl(194, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 14.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.42, -20.77, -25.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.42, 32.89, 230.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.0802 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.107 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1915, 47.3573, 81.2417)
Luminance	0.4736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC4E5 #E57C5B

analogous

#5BE5C1 #5BC4E5 #5B7FE5

triadic

#5BC4E5 #E55BC4 #C4E55B

tetradic

#5BC4E5 #C15BE5 #E57C5B #7FE55B

square

#5BC4E5 #C15BE5 #E57C5B #7FE55B

split-complementary

#5BC4E5 #E55B7F #E5C15B

monochromatic

#1B88AB #26B1DD #5BC4E5 #90D7ED #C5EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#5BC4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#5BC4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC4E5

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC4E5	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BFE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB1E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 196, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.107 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d6ed',
    500: '#5bc4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc4e5;
$custom-light: #96d6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.348,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7711,
    "c": 0.10709,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC4E5

secondary

#E7C1B5

accent

#4011D5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC4E5

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

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