#5BC6EB#5BC6EB

#5BC6EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.111 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC6EB
RGB	rgb(91, 198, 235)
HSL	hsl(195, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 15.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -20.01, -27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 34.04, 234.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0801 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.111 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4979, 48.6065, 85.8816)
Luminance	0.4861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC6EB #EB805B

analogous

#5BEBC8 #5BC6EB #5B7EEB

triadic

#5BC6EB #EB5BC6 #C6EB5B

tetradic

#5BC6EB #C85BEB #EB805B #7EEB5B

square

#5BC6EB #C85BEB #EB805B #7EEB5B

split-complementary

#5BC6EB #EB5B7E #EBC85B

monochromatic

#168DB5 #24B3E4 #5BC6EB #92D9F2 #C8ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#5BC6EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#5BC6EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC6EB

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC6EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC6EB	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc6eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 198, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.111 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d7f1',
    500: '#5bc6eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc6eb;
$custom-light: #96d7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc6eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.417,
    "s": 78.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77812,
    "c": 0.11089,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC6EB

secondary

#EAC5B8

accent

#400BDB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC6EB

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

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