#5BC9DF#5BC9DF

#5BC9DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.104 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC9DF
RGB	rgb(91, 201, 223)
HSL	hsl(190, 67%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(190, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 9.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.65, -25.05, -20.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.65, 32.30, 219.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.0877 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.104 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5149, 49.3213, 77.2879)
Luminance	0.4933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC9DF #DF715B

analogous

#5BDFB3 #5BC9DF #5B87DF

triadic

#5BC9DF #DF5BC9 #C9DF5B

tetradic

#5BC9DF #B35BDF #DF715B #87DF5B

square

#5BC9DF #B35BDF #DF715B #87DF5B

split-complementary

#5BC9DF #DF5B87 #DFB35B

monochromatic

#1F8BA0 #29B7D4 #5BC9DF #8EDAE9 #C1EBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#5BC9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#5BC9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC9DF

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC9DF	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B4DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 201, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.104 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d9e9',
    500: '#5bc9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc9df;
$custom-light: #95d9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7803,
    "c": 0.10439,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC9DF

secondary

#E3BBB2

accent

#3516CF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC9DF

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

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