#5BC6F0#5BC6F0

#5BC6F0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.115 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC6F0
RGB	rgb(91, 198, 240)
HSL	hsl(197, 83%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 17.5%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.39, -18.50, -29.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.39, 35.20, 238.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% -0.0782 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.115 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2304, 48.8995, 89.7395)
Luminance	0.4890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC6F0 #F0855B

analogous

#5BF0D0 #5BC6F0 #5B7BF0

triadic

#5BC6F0 #F05BC6 #C6F05B

tetradic

#5BC6F0 #D05BF0 #F0855B #7BF05B

square

#5BC6F0 #D05BF0 #F0855B #7BF05B

split-complementary

#5BC6F0 #F05B7B #F0D05B

monochromatic

#118EBF #23B3EB #5BC6F0 #93D9F5 #CBEDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#5BC6F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#5BC6F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC6F0

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC6F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC6F0	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C2F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB3F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc6f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 198, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.115 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d7f5',
    500: '#5bc6f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc6f0;
$custom-light: #97d7f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc6f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.913,
    "s": 83.24,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78018,
    "c": 0.11451,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC6F0

secondary

#EDC8BA

accent

#4306E0

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F3FAFD

border

#CDD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC6F0

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

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