#5BC4ED#5BC4ED

#5BC4ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.113 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC4ED
RGB	rgb(91, 196, 237)
HSL	hsl(197, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 17.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, -18.38, -29.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 34.65, 237.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.0773 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.113 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3344, 47.8144, 87.2605)
Luminance	0.4782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC4ED #ED845B

analogous

#5BEDCD #5BC4ED #5B7BED

triadic

#5BC4ED #ED5BC4 #C4ED5B

tetradic

#5BC4ED #CD5BED #ED845B #7BED5B

square

#5BC4ED #CD5BED #ED845B #7BED5B

split-complementary

#5BC4ED #ED5B7B #EDCD5B

monochromatic

#148BB9 #24B0E7 #5BC4ED #92D8F3 #C9ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#5BC4ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#5BC4ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC4ED

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC4ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC4ED	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B1ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc4ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 196, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.113 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d6f3',
    500: '#5bc4ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc4ed;
$custom-light: #97d6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc4ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.849,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77438,
    "c": 0.11266,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC4ED

secondary

#EBC7B9

accent

#4409DD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC4ED

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

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