#5BC8E7#5BC8E7

#5BC8E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.108 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC8E7
RGB	rgb(91, 200, 231)
HSL	hsl(193, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 13.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.64, -22.22, -24.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.64, 33.24, 228.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0836 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.108 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.3867, 49.2982, 83.0256)
Luminance	0.4930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC8E7 #E77A5B

analogous

#5BE7C0 #5BC8E7 #5B82E7

triadic

#5BC8E7 #E75BC8 #C8E75B

tetradic

#5BC8E7 #C05BE7 #E77A5B #82E75B

square

#5BC8E7 #C05BE7 #E77A5B #82E75B

split-complementary

#5BC8E7 #E75B82 #E7C05B

monochromatic

#198DAE #26B6DF #5BC8E7 #90DAEF #C6ECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#5BC8E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#5BC8E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC8E7

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC8E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC8E7	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C3E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B4E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc8e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 200, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.108 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d9ee',
    500: '#5bc8e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc8e7;
$custom-light: #96d9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc8e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.286,
    "s": 74.468,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78109,
    "c": 0.10825,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC8E7

secondary

#E8C1B6

accent

#3B0FD7

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC8E7

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

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