#5BC5ED#5BC5ED

#5BC5ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.112 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC5ED
RGB	rgb(91, 197, 237)
HSL	hsl(196, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 16.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, -18.89, -28.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 34.56, 236.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.67% -0.0783 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(77.67% 0.112 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5607, 48.2671, 87.3359)
Luminance	0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC5ED #ED835B

analogous

#5BEDCC #5BC5ED #5B7CED

triadic

#5BC5ED #ED5BC5 #C5ED5B

tetradic

#5BC5ED #CC5BED #ED835B #7CED5B

square

#5BC5ED #CC5BED #ED835B #7CED5B

split-complementary

#5BC5ED #ED5B7C #EDCC5B

monochromatic

#148CB9 #24B1E7 #5BC5ED #92D9F3 #C9ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#5BC5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#5BC5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC5ED

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC5ED	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB2ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 197, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.112 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d6f3',
    500: '#5bc5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc5ed;
$custom-light: #97d6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.438,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77666,
    "c": 0.11246,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC5ED

secondary

#EBC6B9

accent

#4309DD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC5ED

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

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