#5BC4EB#5BC4EB

#5BC4EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.111 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC4EB
RGB	rgb(91, 196, 235)
HSL	hsl(196, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 16.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, -18.98, -28.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 34.17, 236.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.078 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.111 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0438, 47.6982, 85.7302)
Luminance	0.4770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC4EB #EB825B

analogous

#5BEBCA #5BC4EB #5B7CEB

triadic

#5BC4EB #EB5BC4 #C4EB5B

tetradic

#5BC4EB #CA5BEB #EB825B #7CEB5B

square

#5BC4EB #CA5BEB #EB825B #7CEB5B

split-complementary

#5BC4EB #EB5B7C #EBCA5B

monochromatic

#168AB5 #24B0E4 #5BC4EB #92D8F2 #C8EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#5BC4EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#5BC4EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC4EB

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC4EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC4EB	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC0ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc4eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 196, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.111 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d6f1',
    500: '#5bc4eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc4eb;
$custom-light: #96d6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc4eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.25,
    "s": 78.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77355,
    "c": 0.11117,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC4EB

secondary

#EAC5B8

accent

#430BDB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC4EB

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

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