#5BC8EE#5BC8EE

#5BC8EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.113 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC8EE
RGB	rgb(91, 200, 238)
HSL	hsl(196, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 16%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.89, -20.14, -28.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.89, 34.58, 234.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% -0.081 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.113 224)
XYZ	xyz(40.3951, 49.7016, 88.3369)
Luminance	0.4971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC8EE #EE815B

analogous

#5BEECA #5BC8EE #5B7FEE

triadic

#5BC8EE #EE5BC8 #C8EE5B

tetradic

#5BC8EE #CA5BEE #EE815B #7FEE5B

square

#5BC8EE #CA5BEE #EE815B #7FEE5B

split-complementary

#5BC8EE #EE5B7F #EECA5B

monochromatic

#1390BB #24B5E8 #5BC8EE #92DBF4 #CAEDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#5BC8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#5BC8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC8EE

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC8EE	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB4EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 200, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.113 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d8f3',
    500: '#5bc8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc8ee;
$custom-light: #97d8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.51,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78391,
    "c": 0.11271,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.49706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC8EE

secondary

#ECC6B9

accent

#3F08DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC8EE

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

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