#5BCAF4#5BCAF4

#5BCAF4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.117 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCAF4
RGB	rgb(91, 202, 244)
HSL	hsl(196, 87%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 17.2%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -19.36, -30.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 35.80, 237.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.09% -0.0809 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(79.09% 0.117 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7576, 50.9925, 93.2123)
Luminance	0.5100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCAF4 #F4855B

analogous

#5BF4D2 #5BCAF4 #5B7DF4

triadic

#5BCAF4 #F45BCA #CAF45B

tetradic

#5BCAF4 #D25BF4 #F4855B #7DF45B

square

#5BCAF4 #D25BF4 #F4855B #7DF45B

split-complementary

#5BCAF4 #F45B7D #F4D25B

monochromatic

#0D94C7 #22B7F0 #5BCAF4 #94DDF8 #CEEFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#5BCAF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#5BCAF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCAF4

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCAF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCAF4	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C6F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB6F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcaf4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 202, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.117 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98daf8',
    500: '#5bcaf4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcaf4;
$custom-light: #98daf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcaf4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.471,
    "s": 87.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79094,
    "c": 0.11667,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCAF4

secondary

#C4582F

accent

#4002E4

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCAF4

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

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