#5BC6E2#5BC6E2

#5BC6E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.105 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC6E2
RGB	rgb(91, 198, 226)
HSL	hsl(192, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(192, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 12.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, -22.67, -23.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 32.42, 225.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% -0.0834 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.105 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2304, 48.0995, 79.2061)
Luminance	0.4810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC6E2 #E2775B

analogous

#5BE2BA #5BC6E2 #5B83E2

triadic

#5BC6E2 #E25BC6 #C6E25B

tetradic

#5BC6E2 #BA5BE2 #E2775B #83E25B

square

#5BC6E2 #BA5BE2 #E2775B #83E25B

split-complementary

#5BC6E2 #E25B83 #E2BA5B

monochromatic

#1D89A5 #27B4D9 #5BC6E2 #8FD8EB #C3EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#5BC6E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#5BC6E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC6E2

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC6E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC6E2	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C1E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B2E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc6e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 198, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.105 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d7eb',
    500: '#5bc6e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc6e2;
$custom-light: #96d7eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc6e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.444,
    "s": 69.948,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77451,
    "c": 0.10537,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC6E2

secondary

#E5BEB4

accent

#3B14D2

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC6E2

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

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