#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
RGBrgb(91, 201, 242)
HSLhsl(196, 85%, 65%)
HSVhsv(196, 62%, 95%)
CMYKcmyk(62.4%, 16.9%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LABlab(76.32, -19.45, -29.60)
CIE-LCHlch(76.32, 35.41, 236.70°)
OKLaboklab(78.78% -0.0806 -0.0826)
OKLCHoklch(78.78% 0.115 225.7)
XYZxyz(41.2217, 50.4040, 91.5437)
Luminance0.5041 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##5BC9F21.001.9011.0811.08
#FFFFFF1.901.0021.0021.00
#00000011.0821.001.001.00
##00000011.0821.001.001.00

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

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#5BC9F2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva