#5BC6EC#5BC6EC

#5BC6EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.112 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC6EC
RGB	rgb(91, 198, 236)
HSL	hsl(196, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 16.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, -19.71, -28.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 34.26, 234.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.0797 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.112 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.6428, 48.6644, 86.6446)
Luminance	0.4867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC6EC #EC815B

analogous

#5BECCA #5BC6EC #5B7EEC

triadic

#5BC6EC #EC5BC6 #C6EC5B

tetradic

#5BC6EC #CA5BEC #EC815B #7EEC5B

square

#5BC6EC #CA5BEC #EC815B #7EEC5B

split-complementary

#5BC6EC #EC5B7E #ECCA5B

monochromatic

#158DB7 #24B3E6 #5BC6EC #92D9F2 #C9ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#5BC6EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#5BC6EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC6EC

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC6EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC6EC	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc6ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 198, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.112 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d7f2',
    500: '#5bc6ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc6ec;
$custom-light: #97d7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc6ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.724,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77853,
    "c": 0.11159,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC6EC

secondary

#EBC5B8

accent

#410ADC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC6EC

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

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