#5BC6E4#5BC6E4

#5BC6E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.106 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC6E4
RGB	rgb(91, 198, 228)
HSL	hsl(193, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 13.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -22.09, -24.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 32.72, 227.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.53% -0.0827 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(77.53% 0.106 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5064, 48.2099, 80.6599)
Luminance	0.4821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC6E4 #E4795B

analogous

#5BE4BE #5BC6E4 #5B81E4

triadic

#5BC6E4 #E45BC6 #C6E45B

tetradic

#5BC6E4 #BE5BE4 #E4795B #81E45B

square

#5BC6E4 #BE5BE4 #E4795B #81E45B

split-complementary

#5BC6E4 #E45B81 #E4BE5B

monochromatic

#1C8AA9 #26B4DB #5BC6E4 #90D8ED #C4EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#5BC6E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#5BC6E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC6E4

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC6E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC6E4	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C1E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB2E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc6e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 198, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.106 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d7ec',
    500: '#5bc6e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc6e4;
$custom-light: #96d7ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc6e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.139,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7753,
    "c": 0.10648,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC6E4

secondary

#E6BFB4

accent

#3C12D4

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC6E4

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

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