#5BC5EF#5BC5EF

#5BC5EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.114 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC5EF
RGB	rgb(91, 197, 239)
HSL	hsl(197, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 17.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, -18.29, -29.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 35.06, 238.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.75% -0.0776 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(77.75% 0.114 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.8545, 48.3846, 88.8834)
Luminance	0.4839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC5EF #EF855B

analogous

#5BEFCF #5BC5EF #5B7BEF

triadic

#5BC5EF #EF5BC5 #C5EF5B

tetradic

#5BC5EF #CF5BEF #EF855B #7BEF5B

square

#5BC5EF #CF5BEF #EF855B #7BEF5B

split-complementary

#5BC5EF #EF5B7B #EFCF5B

monochromatic

#128DBD #23B1EA #5BC5EF #93D9F4 #CBECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#5BC5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#5BC5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC5EF

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC5EF	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC2F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB2EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 197, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.114 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d6f4',
    500: '#5bc5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc5ef;
$custom-light: #97d6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.027,
    "s": 82.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77749,
    "c": 0.11396,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC5EF

secondary

#ECC8BA

accent

#4407DF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC5EF

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

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