#5BC5E8#5BC5E8

#5BC5E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.109 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC5E8
RGB	rgb(91, 197, 232)
HSL	hsl(195, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 15.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -20.39, -26.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 33.46, 232.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% -0.0801 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.109 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8403, 47.9789, 83.5422)
Luminance	0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC5E8 #E87E5B

analogous

#5BE8C5 #5BC5E8 #5B7EE8

triadic

#5BC5E8 #E85BC5 #C5E85B

tetradic

#5BC5E8 #C55BE8 #E87E5B #7EE85B

square

#5BC5E8 #C55BE8 #E87E5B #7EE85B

split-complementary

#5BC5E8 #E85B7E #E8C55B

monochromatic

#198AB0 #25B2E0 #5BC5E8 #91D8F0 #C6EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#5BC5E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#5BC5E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC5E8

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC5E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC5E8	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C1EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB2E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc5e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 197, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.109 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d6ef',
    500: '#5bc5e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc5e8;
$custom-light: #96d6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc5e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.894,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77461,
    "c": 0.10898,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC5E8

secondary

#E9C3B6

accent

#400ED8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC5E8

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

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