#5BCAEC#5BCAEC

#5BCAEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.111 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCAEC
RGB	rgb(91, 202, 236)
HSL	hsl(194, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 14.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, -21.75, -26.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 34.11, 230.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.0838 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.111 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.5692, 50.5172, 86.9534)
Luminance	0.5052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCAEC #EC7D5B

analogous

#5BECC6 #5BCAEC #5B82EC

triadic

#5BCAEC #EC5BCA #CAEC5B

tetradic

#5BCAEC #C65BEC #EC7D5B #82EC5B

square

#5BCAEC #C65BEC #EC7D5B #82EC5B

split-complementary

#5BCAEC #EC5B82 #ECC65B

monochromatic

#1591B7 #24B8E6 #5BCAEC #92DCF2 #C9EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#5BCAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#5BCAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCAEC

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCAEC	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcaec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 202, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.111 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97daf2',
    500: '#5bcaec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcaec;
$custom-light: #97daf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcaec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.069,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78767,
    "c": 0.11124,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCAEC

secondary

#B75334

accent

#3B0ADC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCAEC

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

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