#5BC8EB#5BC8EB

#5BC8EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.111 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC8EB
RGB	rgb(91, 200, 235)
HSL	hsl(195, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 14.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.78, -21.03, -26.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.78, 33.96, 231.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.0821 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.111 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.9581, 49.5268, 86.0350)
Luminance	0.4953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC8EB #EB7E5B

analogous

#5BEBC6 #5BC8EB #5B80EB

triadic

#5BC8EB #EB5BC8 #C8EB5B

tetradic

#5BC8EB #C65BEB #EB7E5B #80EB5B

square

#5BC8EB #C65BEB #EB7E5B #80EB5B

split-complementary

#5BC8EB #EB5B80 #EBC65B

monochromatic

#168FB5 #24B6E4 #5BC8EB #92DAF2 #C8EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#5BC8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#5BC8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC8EB

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC8EB	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 200, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.111 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d8f1',
    500: '#5bc8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc8eb;
$custom-light: #97d8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.583,
    "s": 78.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78269,
    "c": 0.11071,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC8EB

secondary

#EAC4B8

accent

#3D0BDB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC8EB

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

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