#5BC5EE#5BC5EE

#5BC5EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.113 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC5EE
RGB	rgb(91, 197, 238)
HSL	hsl(197, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 17.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, -18.59, -29.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 34.81, 237.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% -0.0779 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.113 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7072, 48.3257, 88.1075)
Luminance	0.4833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC5EE #EE845B

analogous

#5BEECE #5BC5EE #5B7CEE

triadic

#5BC5EE #EE5BC5 #C5EE5B

tetradic

#5BC5EE #CE5BEE #EE845B #7CEE5B

square

#5BC5EE #CE5BEE #EE845B #7CEE5B

split-complementary

#5BC5EE #EE5B7C #EECE5B

monochromatic

#138CBB #24B1E8 #5BC5EE #92D9F4 #CAECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#5BC5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#5BC5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC5EE

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC5EE	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC1F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB2EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 197, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.113 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d6f3',
    500: '#5bc5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc5ee;
$custom-light: #97d6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.735,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77707,
    "c": 0.1132,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC5EE

secondary

#ECC7B9

accent

#4408DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC5EE

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

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