#5BC8DE#5BC8DE

#5BC8DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.104 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC8DE
RGB	rgb(91, 200, 222)
HSL	hsl(190, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(190, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 9.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, -24.84, -20.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 32.10, 219.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% -0.0871 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.104 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1481, 48.8028, 76.5025)
Luminance	0.4881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC8DE #DE715B

analogous

#5BDEB3 #5BC8DE #5B87DE

triadic

#5BC8DE #DE5BC8 #C8DE5B

tetradic

#5BC8DE #B35BDE #DE715B #87DE5B

square

#5BC8DE #B35BDE #DE715B #87DE5B

split-complementary

#5BC8DE #DE5B87 #DEB35B

monochromatic

#20899F #2AB6D2 #5BC8DE #8ED9E8 #C1EAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#5BC8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#5BC8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC8DE

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC8DE	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B3DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 200, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.104 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d9e8',
    500: '#5bc8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc8de;
$custom-light: #95d9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.076,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7776,
    "c": 0.10376,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC8DE

secondary

#E3BAB2

accent

#3617CE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC8DE

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

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