#5BC4EA#5BC4EA

#5BC4EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.110 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC4EA
RGB	rgb(91, 196, 234)
HSL	hsl(196, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 16.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -19.28, -27.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 33.94, 235.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.31% -0.0784 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(77.31% 0.11 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8997, 47.6406, 84.9715)
Luminance	0.4764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC4EA #EA815B

analogous

#5BEAC8 #5BC4EA #5B7CEA

triadic

#5BC4EA #EA5BC4 #C4EA5B

tetradic

#5BC4EA #C85BEA #EA815B #7CEA5B

square

#5BC4EA #C85BEA #EA815B #7CEA5B

split-complementary

#5BC4EA #EA5B7C #EAC85B

monochromatic

#178AB4 #25B0E3 #5BC4EA #91D8F1 #C8EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#5BC4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#5BC4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC4EA

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC4EA	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 196, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.110 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d6f0',
    500: '#5bc4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc4ea;
$custom-light: #96d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.944,
    "s": 77.297,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77313,
    "c": 0.11046,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC4EA

secondary

#EAC5B7

accent

#430CDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC4EA

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

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