#5BC5DE#5BC5DE

#5BC5DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.103 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC5DE
RGB	rgb(91, 197, 222)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(191, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 11.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.46, -23.33, -21.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.46, 31.83, 222.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.0839 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.103 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4601, 47.4268, 76.2732)
Luminance	0.4743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC5DE #DE745B

analogous

#5BDEB5 #5BC5DE #5B84DE

triadic

#5BC5DE #DE5BC5 #C5DE5B

tetradic

#5BC5DE #B55BDE #DE745B #84DE5B

square

#5BC5DE #B55BDE #DE745B #84DE5B

split-complementary

#5BC5DE #DE5B84 #DEB55B

monochromatic

#20869F #2AB2D2 #5BC5DE #8ED7E8 #C1E9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#5BC5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#5BC5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC5DE

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC5DE	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B1DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 197, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.103 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d6e8',
    500: '#5bc5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc5de;
$custom-light: #95d6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.45,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77065,
    "c": 0.10322,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC5DE

secondary

#E3BBB2

accent

#3A17CE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC5DE

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

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