#5BC5EA#5BC5EA

#5BC5EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.110 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC5EA
RGB	rgb(91, 197, 234)
HSL	hsl(196, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 15.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -19.79, -27.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 33.88, 234.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% -0.0794 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.11 224)
XYZ	xyz(39.1260, 48.0932, 85.0469)
Luminance	0.4810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC5EA #EA805B

analogous

#5BEAC7 #5BC5EA #5B7DEA

triadic

#5BC5EA #EA5BC5 #C5EA5B

tetradic

#5BC5EA #C75BEA #EA805B #7DEA5B

square

#5BC5EA #C75BEA #EA805B #7DEA5B

split-complementary

#5BC5EA #EA5B7D #EAC75B

monochromatic

#178BB4 #25B2E3 #5BC5EA #91D8F1 #C8EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#5BC5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#5BC5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC5EA

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC5EA	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C1EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 197, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.110 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d6f0',
    500: '#5bc5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc5ea;
$custom-light: #96d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.524,
    "s": 77.297,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77542,
    "c": 0.11033,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.48097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC5EA

secondary

#EAC4B7

accent

#410CDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC5EA

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

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