#5BC4F6#5BC4F6

#5BC4F6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.120 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC4F6
RGB	rgb(91, 196, 246)
HSL	hsl(199, 90%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 20.3%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.05, -15.63, -33.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.05, 37.15, 245.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.0741 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.12 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.6824, 48.3536, 94.3601)
Luminance	0.4836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC4F6 #F68D5B

analogous

#5BF6DA #5BC4F6 #5B76F6

triadic

#5BC4F6 #F65BC4 #C4F65B

tetradic

#5BC4F6 #DA5BF6 #F68D5B #76F65B

square

#5BC4F6 #DA5BF6 #F68D5B #76F65B

split-complementary

#5BC4F6 #F65B76 #F6DA5B

monochromatic

#0B8DCB #21AFF3 #5BC4F6 #95D9F9 #CFEEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#5BC4F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#5BC4F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC4F6

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC4F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC4F6	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABC2F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96B2F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc4f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 196, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.120 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d5f9',
    500: '#5bc4f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc4f6;
$custom-light: #98d5f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc4f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.355,
    "s": 89.595,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77821,
    "c": 0.11995,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC4F6

secondary

#F0CDBD

accent

#4A00E6

background

#FAFDFF

surface

#F3FAFF

border

#CDD3D7

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC4F6

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

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