#5BC6E5#5BC6E5

#5BC6E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.107 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC6E5
RGB	rgb(91, 198, 229)
HSL	hsl(193, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 13.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, -21.79, -24.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 32.88, 228.50°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% -0.0823 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.107 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6457, 48.2656, 81.3931)
Luminance	0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC6E5 #E57A5B

analogous

#5BE5BF #5BC6E5 #5B81E5

triadic

#5BC6E5 #E55BC6 #C6E55B

tetradic

#5BC6E5 #BF5BE5 #E57A5B #81E55B

square

#5BC6E5 #BF5BE5 #E57A5B #81E55B

split-complementary

#5BC6E5 #E55B81 #E5BF5B

monochromatic

#1B8AAB #26B4DD #5BC6E5 #90D8ED #C5EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#5BC6E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#5BC6E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC6E5

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC6E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC6E5	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C1E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB2E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc6e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 198, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.107 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d7ed',
    500: '#5bc6e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc6e5;
$custom-light: #96d7ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc6e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.478,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7757,
    "c": 0.10706,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC6E5

secondary

#E7C0B5

accent

#3D11D5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC6E5

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

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