#5BC5E1#5BC5E1

#5BC5E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.105 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC5E1
RGB	rgb(91, 197, 225)
HSL	hsl(193, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 12.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, -22.46, -23.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 32.23, 225.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.0828 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.105 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8658, 47.5891, 78.4096)
Luminance	0.4759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC5E1 #E1775B

analogous

#5BE1BA #5BC5E1 #5B82E1

triadic

#5BC5E1 #E15BC5 #C5E15B

tetradic

#5BC5E1 #BA5BE1 #E1775B #82E15B

square

#5BC5E1 #BA5BE1 #E1775B #82E15B

split-complementary

#5BC5E1 #E15B82 #E1BA5B

monochromatic

#1E88A4 #27B3D7 #5BC5E1 #8FD7EA #C2EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#5BC5E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#5BC5E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC5E1

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC5E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC5E1	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C0E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB1E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc5e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 197, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.105 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d6ea',
    500: '#5bc5e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc5e1;
$custom-light: #95d6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc5e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.537,
    "s": 69.072,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77181,
    "c": 0.10476,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC5E1

secondary

#E5BEB3

accent

#3C14D1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC5E1

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

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