#5BCAF3#5BCAF3

#5BCAF3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.116 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCAF3
RGB	rgb(91, 202, 243)
HSL	hsl(196, 86%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 16.9%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, -19.66, -29.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 35.57, 236.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% -0.0812 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.116 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6062, 50.9320, 92.4148)
Luminance	0.5094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCAF3 #F3845B

analogous

#5BF3D0 #5BCAF3 #5B7EF3

triadic

#5BCAF3 #F35BCA #CAF35B

tetradic

#5BCAF3 #D05BF3 #F3845B #7EF35B

square

#5BCAF3 #D05BF3 #F3845B #7EF35B

split-complementary

#5BCAF3 #F35B7E #F3D05B

monochromatic

#0E94C5 #22B8EF #5BCAF3 #94DCF7 #CDEFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#5BCAF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#5BCAF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCAF3

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCAF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCAF3	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C6F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB6F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcaf3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 202, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.116 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98daf7',
    500: '#5bcaf3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcaf3;
$custom-light: #98daf7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcaf3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.184,
    "s": 86.364,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79052,
    "c": 0.11594,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCAF3

secondary

#C25730

accent

#3F03E3

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCAF3

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

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