#5BCAE8#5BCAE8

#5BCAE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.109 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCAE8
RGB	rgb(91, 202, 232)
HSL	hsl(193, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 12.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.25, -22.93, -24.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.25, 33.44, 226.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% -0.0853 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.109 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9945, 50.2873, 83.9270)
Luminance	0.5029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCAE8 #E8795B

analogous

#5BE8BF #5BCAE8 #5B83E8

triadic

#5BCAE8 #E85BCA #CAE85B

tetradic

#5BCAE8 #BF5BE8 #E8795B #83E85B

square

#5BCAE8 #BF5BE8 #E8795B #83E85B

split-complementary

#5BCAE8 #E85B83 #E8BF5B

monochromatic

#1990B0 #25B9E0 #5BCAE8 #91DBF0 #C6EDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#5BCAE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#5BCAE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCAE8

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCAE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCAE8	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C5EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B5E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 202, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.109 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96daef',
    500: '#5bcae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcae8;
$custom-light: #96daef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.766,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78608,
    "c": 0.10889,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCAE8

secondary

#B15137

accent

#390ED8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1416

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCAE8

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

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