#5BCAF0#5BCAF0

#5BCAF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.114 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5BCAF0
RGBrgb(91, 202, 240)
HSLhsl(195, 83%, 65%)
HSVhsv(195, 62%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(62.1%, 15.8%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LABlab(76.53, -20.56, -28.20)
CIE-LCHlch(76.53, 34.90, 233.91°)
OKLaboklab(78.93% -0.0823 -0.0786)
OKLCHoklch(78.93% 0.114 223.7)
XYZxyz(41.1568, 50.7522, 90.0483)
Luminance0.5076 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5BCAF0 #F0815B
analogous
#5BF0CB #5BCAF0 #5B80F0
triadic
#5BCAF0 #F05BCA #CAF05B
tetradic
#5BCAF0 #CB5BF0 #F0815B #80F05B
square
#5BCAF0 #CB5BF0 #F0815B #80F05B
split-complementary
#5BCAF0 #F05B80 #F0CB5B
monochromatic
#1193BF #23B8EB #5BCAF0 #93DCF5 #CBEEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88
#5BCAF0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15
#5BCAF0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCAF0
11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5BCAF0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5BCAF01.001.8811.1511.15
#FFFFFF1.881.0021.0021.00
#00000011.1521.001.001.00
##00000011.1521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4C6F2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9FB6F0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D6D6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5bcaf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 202, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.114 223.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97daf5',
    500: '#5bcaf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5bcaf0;
$custom-light: #97daf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5bcaf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.302,
    "s": 83.24,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78929,
    "c": 0.11383,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5BCAF0
secondary
#BD5532
accent
#3D06E0
background
#FCFEFF
surface
#F5FBFE
border
#CFD4D6
text
#0F1417
muted
#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCAF0

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#5BCAF0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva