#5BC8F6#5BC8F6

#5BC8F6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.119 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC8F6
RGB	rgb(91, 200, 246)
HSL	hsl(198, 90%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 18.7%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, -17.72, -31.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 36.54, 240.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.0781 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.119 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5967, 50.1822, 94.6649)
Luminance	0.5019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC8F6 #F6895B

analogous

#5BF6D6 #5BC8F6 #5B7AF6

triadic

#5BC8F6 #F65BC8 #C8F65B

tetradic

#5BC8F6 #D65BF6 #F6895B #7AF65B

square

#5BC8F6 #D65BF6 #F6895B #7AF65B

split-complementary

#5BC8F6 #F65B7A #F6D65B

monochromatic

#0B92CB #21B5F3 #5BC8F6 #95DBF9 #CFEFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#5BC8F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#5BC8F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC8F6

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC8F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC8F6	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C5F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB5F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc8f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 200, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.119 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d8f9',
    500: '#5bc8f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc8f6;
$custom-light: #98d8f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc8f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.806,
    "s": 89.595,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78724,
    "c": 0.11867,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC8F6

secondary

#C75B2E

accent

#4400E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC8F6

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

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