#5BC4E9#5BC4E9

#5BC4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.110 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC4E9
RGB	rgb(91, 196, 233)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, -19.58, -27.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 33.72, 234.50°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.0787 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.11 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7565, 47.5833, 84.2170)
Luminance	0.4759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC4E9 #E9805B

analogous

#5BE9C7 #5BC4E9 #5B7DE9

triadic

#5BC4E9 #E95BC4 #C4E95B

tetradic

#5BC4E9 #C75BE9 #E9805B #7DE95B

square

#5BC4E9 #C75BE9 #E9805B #7DE95B

split-complementary

#5BC4E9 #E95B7D #E9C75B

monochromatic

#188AB2 #25B1E2 #5BC4E9 #91D7F0 #C7EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#5BC4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#5BC4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC4E9

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC4E9	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 196, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.110 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d6f0',
    500: '#5bc4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc4e9;
$custom-light: #96d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.634,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77272,
    "c": 0.10975,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC4E9

secondary

#E9C4B7

accent

#420DD9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC4E9

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

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