#5BC8E1#5BC8E1

#5BC8E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.105 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC8E1
RGB	rgb(91, 200, 225)
HSL	hsl(191, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 11.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.43, -23.97, -21.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.43, 32.40, 222.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0859 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.105 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.5538, 48.9651, 78.6390)
Luminance	0.4897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC8E1 #E1745B

analogous

#5BE1B7 #5BC8E1 #5B85E1

triadic

#5BC8E1 #E15BC8 #C8E15B

tetradic

#5BC8E1 #B75BE1 #E1745B #85E15B

square

#5BC8E1 #B75BE1 #E1745B #85E15B

split-complementary

#5BC8E1 #E15B85 #E1B75B

monochromatic

#1E8BA4 #27B7D7 #5BC8E1 #8FD9EA #C2EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#5BC8E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#5BC8E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC8E1

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC8E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC8E1	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C2E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc8e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 200, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.105 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d9ea',
    500: '#5bc8e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc8e1;
$custom-light: #96d9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc8e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.194,
    "s": 69.072,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77875,
    "c": 0.10509,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC8E1

secondary

#E5BCB3

accent

#3814D1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC8E1

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

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