#5BC8ED#5BC8ED

#5BC8ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.112 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC8ED
RGB	rgb(91, 200, 237)
HSL	hsl(195, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 15.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.85, -20.43, -27.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.85, 34.36, 233.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% -0.0814 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.112 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2486, 49.6430, 87.5653)
Luminance	0.4965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC8ED #ED805B

analogous

#5BEDC9 #5BC8ED #5B7FED

triadic

#5BC8ED #ED5BC8 #C8ED5B

tetradic

#5BC8ED #C95BED #ED805B #7FED5B

square

#5BC8ED #C95BED #ED805B #7FED5B

split-complementary

#5BC8ED #ED5B7F #EDC95B

monochromatic

#148FB9 #24B6E7 #5BC8ED #92DAF3 #C9EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#5BC8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#5BC8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC8ED

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC8ED	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C4EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB4ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 200, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.112 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d8f3',
    500: '#5bc8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc8ed;
$custom-light: #97d8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.205,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7835,
    "c": 0.11203,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC8ED

secondary

#EBC5B9

accent

#3F09DD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC8ED

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

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