#5BC4E6#5BC4E6

#5BC4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.108 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC4E6
RGB	rgb(91, 196, 230)
HSL	hsl(195, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 14.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, -20.47, -25.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 33.09, 231.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% -0.0798 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.108 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3316, 47.4133, 81.9792)
Luminance	0.4742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC4E6 #E67D5B

analogous

#5BE6C2 #5BC4E6 #5B7EE6

triadic

#5BC4E6 #E65BC4 #C4E65B

tetradic

#5BC4E6 #C25BE6 #E67D5B #7EE65B

square

#5BC4E6 #C25BE6 #E67D5B #7EE65B

split-complementary

#5BC4E6 #E65B7E #E6C25B

monochromatic

#1A89AC #26B1DE #5BC4E6 #90D7EE #C5EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#5BC4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#5BC4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC4E6

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC4E6	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C0E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB1E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 196, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.108 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d6ee',
    500: '#5bc4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc4e6;
$custom-light: #96d6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.676,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7715,
    "c": 0.10774,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC4E6

secondary

#E7C2B5

accent

#4010D6

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC4E6

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

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