#5BCAE9#5BCAE9

#5BCAE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.109 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCAE9
RGB	rgb(91, 202, 233)
HSL	hsl(193, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 13.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, -22.64, -24.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 33.59, 227.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% -0.0849 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.109 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1370, 50.3443, 84.6772)
Luminance	0.5035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCAE9 #E97A5B

analogous

#5BE9C1 #5BCAE9 #5B83E9

triadic

#5BCAE9 #E95BCA #CAE95B

tetradic

#5BCAE9 #C15BE9 #E97A5B #83E95B

square

#5BCAE9 #C15BE9 #E97A5B #83E95B

split-complementary

#5BCAE9 #E95B83 #E9C15B

monochromatic

#1890B2 #25B9E2 #5BCAE9 #91DBF0 #C7EDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#5BCAE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#5BCAE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCAE9

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCAE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCAE9	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C5EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B6E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 202, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.109 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97daf0',
    500: '#5bcae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcae9;
$custom-light: #97daf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.099,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78648,
    "c": 0.10945,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCAE9

secondary

#B25136

accent

#390DD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1416

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCAE9

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

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