#5BC9F6#5BC9F6

#5BC9F6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.118 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC9F6
RGB	rgb(91, 201, 246)
HSL	hsl(197, 90%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 18.3%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.46, -18.23, -31.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.46, 36.41, 239.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% -0.0792 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.118 228)
XYZ	xyz(41.8290, 50.6469, 94.7423)
Luminance	0.5065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC9F6 #F6885B

analogous

#5BF6D5 #5BC9F6 #5B7BF6

triadic

#5BC9F6 #F65BC9 #C9F65B

tetradic

#5BC9F6 #D55BF6 #F6885B #7BF65B

square

#5BC9F6 #D55BF6 #F6885B #7BF65B

split-complementary

#5BC9F6 #F65B7B #F6D55B

monochromatic

#0B94CB #21B6F3 #5BC9F6 #95DCF9 #CFEFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#5BC9F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#5BC9F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC9F6

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC9F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC9F6	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C6F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB6F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc9f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 201, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.118 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d9f9',
    500: '#5bc9f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc9f6;
$custom-light: #98d9f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc9f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.419,
    "s": 89.595,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78951,
    "c": 0.11841,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.50651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC9F6

secondary

#C75A2E

accent

#4300E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC9F6

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

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