#5BC5EC#5BC5EC

#5BC5EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.112 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC5EC
RGB	rgb(91, 197, 236)
HSL	hsl(196, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -19.19, -28.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 34.33, 236.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% -0.0787 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.112 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4150, 48.2088, 86.5686)
Luminance	0.4821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC5EC #EC825B

analogous

#5BECCB #5BC5EC #5B7DEC

triadic

#5BC5EC #EC5BC5 #C5EC5B

tetradic

#5BC5EC #CB5BEC #EC825B #7DEC5B

square

#5BC5EC #CB5BEC #EC825B #7DEC5B

split-complementary

#5BC5EC #EC5B7D #ECCB5B

monochromatic

#158CB7 #24B2E6 #5BC5EC #92D8F2 #C9ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#5BC5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#5BC5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC5EC

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC5EC	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 197, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.112 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d6f2',
    500: '#5bc5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc5ec;
$custom-light: #97d6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.138,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77624,
    "c": 0.11173,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC5EC

secondary

#EBC6B8

accent

#420ADC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC5EC

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

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