#5BCAE1#5BCAE1

#5BCAE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.105 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCAE1
RGB	rgb(91, 202, 225)
HSL	hsl(190, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(190, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 10.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, -24.97, -20.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 32.58, 219.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.088 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.105 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0200, 49.8975, 78.7944)
Luminance	0.4990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCAE1 #E1725B

analogous

#5BE1B5 #5BCAE1 #5B87E1

triadic

#5BCAE1 #E15BCA #CAE15B

tetradic

#5BCAE1 #B55BE1 #E1725B #87E15B

square

#5BCAE1 #B55BE1 #E1725B #87E15B

split-complementary

#5BCAE1 #E15B87 #E1B55B

monochromatic

#1E8DA4 #27B9D7 #5BCAE1 #8FDBEA #C2EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#5BCAE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#5BCAE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCAE1

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCAE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCAE1	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C4E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B5E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 202, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.105 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96daea',
    500: '#5bcae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcae1;
$custom-light: #96daea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.299,
    "s": 69.072,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78337,
    "c": 0.10543,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCAE1

secondary

#E5BCB3

accent

#3514D1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCAE1

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

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