#5BC9ED#5BC9ED

#5BC9ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.112 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC9ED
RGB	rgb(91, 201, 237)
HSL	hsl(195, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 15.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.14, -20.94, -27.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.14, 34.32, 232.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.58% -0.0824 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(78.58% 0.112 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4810, 50.1077, 87.6427)
Luminance	0.5011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC9ED #ED7F5B

analogous

#5BEDC8 #5BC9ED #5B80ED

triadic

#5BC9ED #ED5BC9 #C9ED5B

tetradic

#5BC9ED #C85BED #ED7F5B #80ED5B

square

#5BC9ED #C85BED #ED7F5B #80ED5B

split-complementary

#5BC9ED #ED5B80 #EDC85B

monochromatic

#1491B9 #24B7E7 #5BC9ED #92DBF3 #C9EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#5BC9ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#5BC9ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC9ED

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC9ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC9ED	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB5ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc9ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 201, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.112 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d9f3',
    500: '#5bc9ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc9ed;
$custom-light: #97d9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc9ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.795,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78579,
    "c": 0.11194,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC9ED

secondary

#B85434

accent

#3D09DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC9ED

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

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