#5BC6DC#5BC6DC

#5BC6DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.102 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC6DC
RGB	rgb(91, 198, 220)
HSL	hsl(190, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(190, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 10%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -24.41, -20.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 31.71, 219.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.0858 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.102 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4215, 47.7759, 74.9458)
Luminance	0.4778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC6DC #DC715B

analogous

#5BDCB2 #5BC6DC #5B85DC

triadic

#5BC6DC #DC5BC6 #C6DC5B

tetradic

#5BC6DC #B25BDC #DC715B #85DC5B

square

#5BC6DC #B25BDC #DC715B #85DC5B

split-complementary

#5BC6DC #DC5B85 #DCB25B

monochromatic

#21879B #2CB2CE #5BC6DC #8DD8E7 #C0E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#5BC6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#5BC6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC6DC

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC6DC	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 198, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.102 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d7e6',
    500: '#5bc6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc6dc;
$custom-light: #95d7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.233,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7722,
    "c": 0.10248,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC6DC

secondary

#E2B9B1

accent

#3819CD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC6DC

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

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