#5BC6DF#5BC6DF

#5BC6DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.104 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC6DF
RGB	rgb(91, 198, 223)
HSL	hsl(191, 67%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(191, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 11.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, -23.55, -21.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 32.02, 222.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.0846 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.104 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8224, 47.9362, 77.0571)
Luminance	0.4794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC6DF #DF745B

analogous

#5BDFB6 #5BC6DF #5B84DF

triadic

#5BC6DF #DF5BC6 #C6DF5B

tetradic

#5BC6DF #B65BDF #DF745B #84DF5B

square

#5BC6DF #B65BDF #DF745B #84DF5B

split-complementary

#5BC6DF #DF5B84 #DFB65B

monochromatic

#1F88A0 #29B3D4 #5BC6DF #8ED8E9 #C1EAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#5BC6DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#5BC6DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC6DF

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC6DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC6DF	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B2DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc6df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 198, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.104 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d7e9',
    500: '#5bc6df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc6df;
$custom-light: #95d7e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc6df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.364,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77335,
    "c": 0.10384,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC6DF

secondary

#E3BCB2

accent

#3916CF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC6DF

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

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