#5BC8F2#5BC8F2

#5BC8F2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.116 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC8F2
RGB	rgb(91, 200, 242)
HSL	hsl(197, 85%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 17.4%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.03, -18.93, -30.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.03, 35.50, 237.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% -0.0796 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.116 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9893, 49.9393, 91.4663)
Luminance	0.4994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC8F2 #F2855B

analogous

#5BF2D1 #5BC8F2 #5B7CF2

triadic

#5BC8F2 #F25BC8 #C8F25B

tetradic

#5BC8F2 #D15BF2 #F2855B #7CF25B

square

#5BC8F2 #D15BF2 #F2855B #7CF25B

split-complementary

#5BC8F2 #F25B7C #F2D15B

monochromatic

#0F91C3 #22B5EE #5BC8F2 #94DBF6 #CCEEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#5BC8F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#5BC8F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC8F2

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC8F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC8F2	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C4F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB5F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc8f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 200, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.116 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d8f6',
    500: '#5bc8f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc8f2;
$custom-light: #97d8f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc8f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.689,
    "s": 85.311,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78556,
    "c": 0.11559,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC8F2

secondary

#EEC9BB

accent

#4104E2

background

#FAFDFF

surface

#F3FAFE

border

#CDD3D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC8F2

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

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