#5BC6EA#5BC6EA

#5BC6EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.110 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC6EA
RGB	rgb(91, 198, 234)
HSL	hsl(195, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 15.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, -20.31, -27.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 33.83, 233.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.0804 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.11 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.3538, 48.5488, 85.1228)
Luminance	0.4855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC6EA #EA7F5B

analogous

#5BEAC6 #5BC6EA #5B7EEA

triadic

#5BC6EA #EA5BC6 #C6EA5B

tetradic

#5BC6EA #C65BEA #EA7F5B #7EEA5B

square

#5BC6EA #C65BEA #EA7F5B #7EEA5B

split-complementary

#5BC6EA #EA5B7E #EAC65B

monochromatic

#178CB4 #25B3E3 #5BC6EA #91D9F1 #C8ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#5BC6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#5BC6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC6EA

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC6EA	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 198, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.110 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d7f0',
    500: '#5bc6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc6ea;
$custom-light: #96d7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.105,
    "s": 77.297,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77771,
    "c": 0.11022,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC6EA

secondary

#EAC4B7

accent

#400CDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC6EA

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

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