#5BC9F2#5BC9F2

#5BC9F2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.115 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC9F2
RGB	rgb(91, 201, 242)
HSL	hsl(196, 85%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 16.9%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, -19.45, -29.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 35.41, 236.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% -0.0806 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.115 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.2217, 50.4040, 91.5437)
Luminance	0.5041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC9F2 #F2845B

analogous

#5BF2CF #5BC9F2 #5B7EF2

triadic

#5BC9F2 #F25BC9 #C9F25B

tetradic

#5BC9F2 #CF5BF2 #F2845B #7EF25B

square

#5BC9F2 #CF5BF2 #F2845B #7EF25B

split-complementary

#5BC9F2 #F25B7E #F2CF5B

monochromatic

#0F92C3 #22B6EE #5BC9F2 #94DCF6 #CCEEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#5BC9F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#5BC9F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC9F2

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC9F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC9F2	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C5F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB5F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc9f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 201, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.115 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d9f6',
    500: '#5bc9f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc9f2;
$custom-light: #97d9f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc9f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.291,
    "s": 85.311,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78784,
    "c": 0.11539,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC9F2

secondary

#C15831

accent

#4004E2

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC9F2

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

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