#5BC5E5#5BC5E5

#5BC5E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.107 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC5E5
RGB	rgb(91, 197, 229)
HSL	hsl(194, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 14%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -21.28, -25.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 32.88, 229.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% -0.0812 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.107 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4179, 47.8099, 81.3172)
Luminance	0.4781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC5E5 #E57B5B

analogous

#5BE5C0 #5BC5E5 #5B80E5

triadic

#5BC5E5 #E55BC5 #C5E55B

tetradic

#5BC5E5 #C05BE5 #E57B5B #80E55B

square

#5BC5E5 #C05BE5 #E57B5B #80E55B

split-complementary

#5BC5E5 #E55B80 #E5C05B

monochromatic

#1B89AB #26B2DD #5BC5E5 #90D8ED #C5EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#5BC5E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#5BC5E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC5E5

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC5E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC5E5	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB1E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc5e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 197, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.107 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d6ed',
    500: '#5bc5e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc5e5;
$custom-light: #96d6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc5e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.913,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7734,
    "c": 0.10707,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC5E5

secondary

#E7C1B5

accent

#3E11D5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC5E5

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

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