#5BCAE2#5BCAE2

#5BCAE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.106 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCAE2
RGB	rgb(91, 202, 226)
HSL	hsl(191, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 10.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.04, -24.68, -21.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.04, 32.68, 220.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% -0.0876 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.106 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1568, 49.9522, 79.5149)
Luminance	0.4996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCAE2 #E2735B

analogous

#5BE2B7 #5BCAE2 #5B86E2

triadic

#5BCAE2 #E25BCA #CAE25B

tetradic

#5BCAE2 #B75BE2 #E2735B #86E25B

square

#5BCAE2 #B75BE2 #E2735B #86E25B

split-complementary

#5BCAE2 #E25B86 #E2B75B

monochromatic

#1D8DA5 #27B9D9 #5BCAE2 #8FDBEB #C3ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#5BCAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#5BCAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCAE2

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCAE2	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C4E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B5E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 202, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.106 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96daeb',
    500: '#5bcae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcae2;
$custom-light: #96daeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.667,
    "s": 69.948,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78376,
    "c": 0.10587,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCAE2

secondary

#E5BCB4

accent

#3514D2

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCAE2

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

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