#5BC9EC#5BC9EC

#5BC9EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.111 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC9EC
RGB	rgb(91, 201, 236)
HSL	hsl(194, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 14.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, -21.24, -26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 34.12, 231.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.0828 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.111 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.3353, 50.0494, 86.8754)
Luminance	0.5005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC9EC #EC7E5B

analogous

#5BECC7 #5BC9EC #5B81EC

triadic

#5BC9EC #EC5BC9 #C9EC5B

tetradic

#5BC9EC #C75BEC #EC7E5B #81EC5B

square

#5BC9EC #C75BEC #EC7E5B #81EC5B

split-complementary

#5BC9EC #EC5B81 #ECC75B

monochromatic

#1590B7 #24B7E6 #5BC9EC #92DBF2 #C9EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#5BC9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#5BC9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC9EC

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC9EC	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C4EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B5EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 201, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.111 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d9f2',
    500: '#5bc9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc9ec;
$custom-light: #97d9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.483,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78538,
    "c": 0.11129,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC9EC

secondary

#B75434

accent

#3D0ADC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC9EC

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

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