#5BC6E7#5BC6E7

#5BC6E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.108 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC6E7
RGB	rgb(91, 198, 231)
HSL	hsl(194, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 14.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.06, -21.20, -25.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.06, 33.24, 230.37°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.0815 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.108 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.9265, 48.3779, 82.8722)
Luminance	0.4838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC6E7 #E77C5B

analogous

#5BE7C2 #5BC6E7 #5B80E7

triadic

#5BC6E7 #E75BC6 #C6E75B

tetradic

#5BC6E7 #C25BE7 #E77C5B #80E75B

square

#5BC6E7 #C25BE7 #E77C5B #80E75B

split-complementary

#5BC6E7 #E75B80 #E7C25B

monochromatic

#198BAE #26B3DF #5BC6E7 #90D9EF #C6EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#5BC6E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#5BC6E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC6E7

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC6E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC6E7	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C1E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB2E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc6e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 198, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.108 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d7ee',
    500: '#5bc6e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc6e7;
$custom-light: #96d7ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc6e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.143,
    "s": 74.468,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7765,
    "c": 0.10828,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC6E7

secondary

#E8C2B6

accent

#3E0FD7

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC6E7

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

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