#5BC5E7#5BC5E7

#5BC5E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.108 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC5E7
RGB	rgb(91, 197, 231)
HSL	hsl(195, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 14.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, -20.69, -26.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 33.26, 231.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.0805 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.108 222)
XYZ	xyz(38.6987, 47.9223, 82.7963)
Luminance	0.4793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC5E7 #E77D5B

analogous

#5BE7C3 #5BC5E7 #5B7FE7

triadic

#5BC5E7 #E75BC5 #C5E75B

tetradic

#5BC5E7 #C35BE7 #E77D5B #7FE75B

square

#5BC5E7 #C35BE7 #E77D5B #7FE75B

split-complementary

#5BC5E7 #E75B7F #E7C35B

monochromatic

#198AAE #26B2DF #5BC5E7 #90D8EF #C6EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#5BC5E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#5BC5E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC5E7

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC5E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC5E7	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C1E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB2E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 197, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.108 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d6ee',
    500: '#5bc5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc5e7;
$custom-light: #96d6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.571,
    "s": 74.468,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7742,
    "c": 0.10832,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.47926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC5E7

secondary

#E8C2B6

accent

#3F0FD7

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC5E7

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

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