#5BCAE4#5BCAE4

#5BCAE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.107 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCAE4
RGB	rgb(91, 202, 228)
HSL	hsl(191, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 11.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, -24.10, -22.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 32.90, 222.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.0868 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.107 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4328, 50.0626, 80.9687)
Luminance	0.5007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCAE4 #E4755B

analogous

#5BE4BA #5BCAE4 #5B85E4

triadic

#5BCAE4 #E45BCA #CAE45B

tetradic

#5BCAE4 #BA5BE4 #E4755B #85E45B

square

#5BCAE4 #BA5BE4 #E4755B #85E45B

split-complementary

#5BCAE4 #E45B85 #E4BA5B

monochromatic

#1C8EA9 #26B9DB #5BCAE4 #90DBED #C4ECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#5BCAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#5BCAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCAE4

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCAE4	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C4E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B5E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 202, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.107 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96daec',
    500: '#5bcae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcae4;
$custom-light: #96daec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.387,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78452,
    "c": 0.1068,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCAE4

secondary

#AB4E39

accent

#3712D4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FBFD

border

#CFD4D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCAE4

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

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