#5BC5DC#5BC5DC

#5BC5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.102 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC5DC
RGB	rgb(91, 197, 220)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(191, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 10.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, -23.91, -20.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 31.61, 220.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.0847 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.102 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1937, 47.3203, 74.8699)
Luminance	0.4732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC5DC #DC725B

analogous

#5BDCB2 #5BC5DC #5B84DC

triadic

#5BC5DC #DC5BC5 #C5DC5B

tetradic

#5BC5DC #B25BDC #DC725B #84DC5B

square

#5BC5DC #B25BDC #DC725B #84DC5B

split-complementary

#5BC5DC #DC5B84 #DCB25B

monochromatic

#21869B #2CB1CE #5BC5DC #8DD7E7 #C0E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#5BC5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#5BC5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC5DC

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC5DC	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 197, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.102 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d6e6',
    500: '#5bc5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc5dc;
$custom-light: #95d6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.698,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76988,
    "c": 0.10228,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC5DC

secondary

#E2BAB1

accent

#3919CD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC5DC

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

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