#5BC4E8#5BC4E8

#5BC4E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.109 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC4E8
RGB	rgb(91, 196, 232)
HSL	hsl(195, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 15.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -19.88, -26.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 33.50, 233.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.0791 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.109 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6140, 47.5263, 83.4668)
Luminance	0.4753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC4E8 #E87F5B

analogous

#5BE8C5 #5BC4E8 #5B7DE8

triadic

#5BC4E8 #E85BC4 #C4E85B

tetradic

#5BC4E8 #C55BE8 #E87F5B #7DE85B

square

#5BC4E8 #C55BE8 #E87F5B #7DE85B

split-complementary

#5BC4E8 #E85B7D #E8C55B

monochromatic

#1989B0 #25B1E0 #5BC4E8 #91D7F0 #C6EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#5BC4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#5BC4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC4E8

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC4E8	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C0EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB1E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 196, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.109 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d6ef',
    500: '#5bc4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc4e8;
$custom-light: #96d6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.319,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77232,
    "c": 0.10907,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC4E8

secondary

#E9C3B6

accent

#410ED8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC4E8

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

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