#5BC6EF#5BC6EF

#5BC6EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.114 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC6EF
RGB	rgb(91, 198, 239)
HSL	hsl(197, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 17.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, -18.81, -29.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 34.96, 237.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% -0.0786 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.114 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.0823, 48.8402, 88.9594)
Luminance	0.4884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC6EF #EF845B

analogous

#5BEFCE #5BC6EF #5B7CEF

triadic

#5BC6EF #EF5BC6 #C6EF5B

tetradic

#5BC6EF #CE5BEF #EF845B #7CEF5B

square

#5BC6EF #CE5BEF #EF845B #7CEF5B

split-complementary

#5BC6EF #EF5B7C #EFCE5B

monochromatic

#128EBD #23B3EA #5BC6EF #93D9F4 #CBEDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#5BC6EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#5BC6EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC6EF

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC6EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC6EF	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C2F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB3EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc6ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 198, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.114 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d7f4',
    500: '#5bc6ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc6ef;
$custom-light: #97d7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc6ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.622,
    "s": 82.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77976,
    "c": 0.11375,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC6EF

secondary

#ECC8BA

accent

#4307DF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC6EF

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

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