#5BC6DD#5BC6DD

#5BC6DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.103 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC6DD
RGB	rgb(91, 198, 221)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(191, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 10.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, -24.12, -20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 31.81, 220.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% -0.0854 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.103 214)
XYZ	xyz(37.5543, 47.8290, 75.6454)
Luminance	0.4783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC6DD #DD725B

analogous

#5BDDB3 #5BC6DD #5B85DD

triadic

#5BC6DD #DD5BC6 #C6DD5B

tetradic

#5BC6DD #B35BDD #DD725B #85DD5B

square

#5BC6DD #B35BDD #DD725B #85DD5B

split-complementary

#5BC6DD #DD5B85 #DDB35B

monochromatic

#21879D #2BB3D0 #5BC6DD #8ED8E8 #C0E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#5BC6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#5BC6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC6DD

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC6DD	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 198, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.103 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d7e7',
    500: '#5bc6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc6dd;
$custom-light: #95d7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.615,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77258,
    "c": 0.10292,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.47833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC6DD

secondary

#E2BAB1

accent

#3818CE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC6DD

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

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