#5BC5F6#5BC5F6

#5BC5F6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.120 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC5F6
RGB	rgb(91, 197, 246)
HSL	hsl(199, 90%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 19.9%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, -16.16, -33.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 36.98, 244.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% -0.0751 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.12 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9087, 48.8063, 94.4355)
Luminance	0.4881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC5F6 #F68C5B

analogous

#5BF6D9 #5BC5F6 #5B77F6

triadic

#5BC5F6 #F65BC5 #C5F65B

tetradic

#5BC5F6 #D95BF6 #F68C5B #77F65B

square

#5BC5F6 #D95BF6 #F68C5B #77F65B

split-complementary

#5BC5F6 #F65B77 #F6D95B

monochromatic

#0B8FCB #21B0F3 #5BC5F6 #95DAF9 #CFEEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#5BC5F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#5BC5F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC5F6

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC5F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC5F6	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACC2F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97B3F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc5f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 197, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.120 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d6f9',
    500: '#5bc5f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc5f6;
$custom-light: #98d6f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc5f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.968,
    "s": 89.595,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78047,
    "c": 0.1196,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC5F6

secondary

#F0CDBD

accent

#4900E6

background

#FAFDFF

surface

#F3FAFF

border

#CDD3D7

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC5F6

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

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