#5BC8EA#5BC8EA

#5BC8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.110 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC8EA
RGB	rgb(91, 200, 234)
HSL	hsl(194, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, -21.33, -26.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 33.77, 230.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% -0.0825 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.11 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8140, 49.4692, 85.2762)
Luminance	0.4947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC8EA #EA7D5B

analogous

#5BEAC4 #5BC8EA #5B80EA

triadic

#5BC8EA #EA5BC8 #C8EA5B

tetradic

#5BC8EA #C45BEA #EA7D5B #80EA5B

square

#5BC8EA #C45BEA #EA7D5B #80EA5B

split-complementary

#5BC8EA #EA5B80 #EAC45B

monochromatic

#178EB4 #25B6E3 #5BC8EA #91DAF1 #C8ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#5BC8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#5BC8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC8EA

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC8EA	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C3EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 200, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.110 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d8f0',
    500: '#5bc8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc8ea;
$custom-light: #96d8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.266,
    "s": 77.297,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78229,
    "c": 0.11007,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC8EA

secondary

#EAC3B7

accent

#3D0CDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC8EA

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

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