#5BC5DF#5BC5DF

#5BC5DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.104 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC5DF
RGB	rgb(91, 197, 223)
HSL	hsl(192, 67%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(192, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 11.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, -23.04, -22.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 31.96, 223.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.0835 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.104 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5946, 47.4806, 76.9812)
Luminance	0.4748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC5DF #DF755B

analogous

#5BDFB7 #5BC5DF #5B83DF

triadic

#5BC5DF #DF5BC5 #C5DF5B

tetradic

#5BC5DF #B75BDF #DF755B #83DF5B

square

#5BC5DF #B75BDF #DF755B #83DF5B

split-complementary

#5BC5DF #DF5B83 #DFB75B

monochromatic

#1F87A0 #29B2D4 #5BC5DF #8ED7E9 #C1E9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#5BC5DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#5BC5DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC5DF

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC5DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC5DF	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B1DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc5df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 197, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.104 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d6e9',
    500: '#5bc5df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc5df;
$custom-light: #95d6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc5df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.818,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77103,
    "c": 0.10371,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC5DF

secondary

#E3BCB2

accent

#3B16CF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC5DF

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

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