#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
RGB	rgb(91, 202, 240)
HSL	hsl(195, 83%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 15.8%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, -20.56, -28.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 34.90, 233.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.0823 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.114 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.1568, 50.7522, 90.0483)
Luminance	0.5076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##5BCAF0	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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